Thomas v. . Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Civil action to recover on life insurance policy.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that plaintiff is the administrator of Loreain Smith, deceased; that deceased was an unemancipated infant; that she procured the issuance by defendant of a policy of insurance on her life, naming a third party as beneficiary; that the premiums were paid out of her earnings, which, by reason of her infancy, belonged to her mother, Mrs. M. L. Thomas; and that the mother, by reason of the matters and things alleged, is entitled to the proceeds of said policy.
The defendant answered and thereafter the cause was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Brown v. . JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
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