Grier v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by J. M. Grier against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, heard by Judge Thomas J. Shaw and a jury, at January Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
On 26 February, 1901, the plaintiff’s intestate made out an application for a policy of insurance upon his life, which was sent to the home office of the defendant, where it was accepted and a. policy thereupon was duly executed 9 March and is dated 26 February. This policy was sent to defendant’s agent for delivery, who delivered the same on 14 March. In the meantime the insured had been taken on 6 March with a chill from exposure, which was followed by fever; on 12 and 13 March he was free from fever, and the attending physician (witness for defendant) says his condition was not so good the…
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