Deery v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

The plaintiff alleges in her complaint two causes of action based upon two policies of insurance issued to Samuel Joel Deery by the appellant, which provided for the payment of indemnities if the- insured became totally and permanently disabled. It is further alleged that in consequence of injuries to his head received by Samuel Joel Deery in an automobile accident, he became mentally so incapacitated that he was totally disabled, and was adjudged by the Probate Court of Spartanburg County to be a person non compos mentis, and Mrs.…