Hoffman v. Standard Life & Accident Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oiviu ActioN by M. P. Hoffman and J. L. Hoffman against the Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company, heard by Judge II. B. Slarbuck and a jury, at a Special (August) Term, 1900, of GastoN Superior Court. From •a judgment for plaintiff for $249.25-, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgoMf.RY, J.
The defendant, in January, 1899, was engaged in the business of insuring railroad employes against accidents in their respective occupations, the risks and rates being classified according to the several occupations of the employes. The plaintiff, M. P. Hoffman, is the beneficiary in a policy or contract of that nature, issued by the defendant to C. J. Craig, who was killed in the service of a railway company on the 31st of January, 1899, and this action was brought to recover the amount alleged to be due under the contract. Craig, in his application for the insurance, represented to the…
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