Legal Opinion

Davis v. Southern Life Insurance

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 8, 1967No. 18616PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Moss, Chief Justice.

Southern Life Insurance Company, the respondent herein, on January 6, 1964, issued to Harry Davis an insurance policy on his life in the face amount of Five Hundred & 00/100 ($500.00) Dollars, and his wife, Fannie Marie Davis, the appellant herein, was therein designated the beneficiary. It was provided by the terms of the aforesaid policy that the insured had the right to change the beneficiary. Thereafter, in accordance with the reservation made, Marion Copeland was designated as beneficiary of said policy in lieu of the appellant and such change was endorsed upon the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Swygert v. Durham Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
  2. Rice v. Palmetto State Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
  3. Chapman v. SCOTTSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
  4. Tedder v. Hartford Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Daniels v. ColemanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969
  2. Horne v. GULF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
  3. South Carolina State Highway Department v. FreemanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1975
  4. Estate of Richard W. Meier v. Mary J. BurnsedSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2025
  5. Horne v. GULF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982

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