Suggs v. New York Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1DissentJustice Bonham
(dissenting) : July 16, 1931, Arthur Mason Suggs made application to New York Life Insurance Company for a policy of insurance on his life in the sum of $2,000.00 with Olive J. Suggs, his wife, as beneficiary. The policy was issued and delivered August 13, 1931. The first premium in the sum of $85.58 was duly paid. Arthur M. Suggs died May 18, 1932. The company denied liability, and this action was begun December 3, 1932, and was heard by Judge W. H. Townsend, with a jury, at the April, 1933, term of the Court of Common Pleas for York County, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff.
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