Legal Opinion
Lineberry v. Security Life & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided September 30, 1953No. 98PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnhill, J.
Do the group policy, No. G-119, Certificate No. 2212, issued to Dr. Lineberry as provided in the group policy, and policy No. 128503 form a single contract made 31 July 1944 (the date of the group policy) so that the one-year incontestability clause contained in the group policy and the certificate nullifies the self-destruction clause in policy No. 128503 for the reason the suicide of the insured did not occur within one year next after the date of the group policy and the certificate issued pursuant thereto ? This is the single question posed by this appeal. The court below answered in the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. HoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
- Duval v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1927
- McDowell Motor Co. v. New York Underwriters InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
- Gans v. Ætna Life Insurance Co. of HartfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Thull v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyOhio Court of Appeals · 1931
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance v. DortchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
- Downs v. National Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Mary G. Bruce, Administratrix of the Estate of Walter B. Bruce, Deceased v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
- Metric/kvaerner Fayetteville, a Joint Venture of Metric Constructors, Inc. And Kvaerner Enviropower, Inc. v. Federal Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
- Charity D. Moore v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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