Legal Opinion
Beckett v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 9, 1932No. 13403PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Stabler.
On December 1, 1910, the defendant company insured the life of one John Beckett, a citizen of Hampton County, in the sum of $1,000.00, and agreed to pay that amount to Betsey Beckett, the beneficiary, “immediately on approval of the proofs of the death of the said insured during the term ending on the first day of December, nineteen hundred and eleven.” In the same immediate connection the company further agreed that, “if this contract shall be extended and continued in force in accordance with its provisions, the amount similarly…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bolt v. Life Casualty Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- Rawl v. American Central Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
- Henderson v. Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hardee v. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1949
- Lumber Mut. Casualty Ins. v. StukesDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1947
- American Interinsurance Exchange v. Commercial Union Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- McAllister v. Motor InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- American Interinsurance Exchange v. Commercial Union Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979