Warren v. Pilot Life Insurance

From judgment on verdict for plaintiff defendant appealed. This is the same case reported in 212 N.C. 354, 193 S.E. 293, and215 N.C. 402, 2 S.E.2d 17, where the material facts are set forth.

In actions such as this upon the provision of a policy of insurance against death by accident or accidental means, where unexplained death by violence is shown, nothing else appearing, without the existence of some presumption, the cause of death might be left in the field of speculation. Was the death caused by accidental means, or was it a case of suicide, or was it an intentional and unlawful killing?…