Legal Opinion
Pitts v. New York Life Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 12, 1966No. 18506PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Legge, Acting Justice.
Action by the beneficiary of a .policy of insurance on the life of her husband to recover double indemnity by reason of his accidental death. The case was tried before the Honorable Clarence E. Singletary, Presiding Judge, without a jury; appeal is from his judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
On July 1, 1920, appellant insured the life of Reuben B. Pitts under a ten-year term policy for $10,000, or $20,000 in the event that his death should result from accident. On July 30, 1925, this policy was converted into an ordinary life policy, with like provision for double…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Keistler Co. v. Aetna Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
- Hodge v. National Fidelity Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1952
- PEOPLES NAT'L BANK OF G'VILLE v. Manos Bros., Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1954
- Ellis v. Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co. of N.Y.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
- Moore v. Palmetto State Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1952
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Crescent Co. of Spartanburg, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1976
- Lyles v. BMI, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1987
- Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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