Williams v. Philadelphia L. Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Lancaster, Spring term, 1918. Action by H. F. Williams, as administrator of the estate of Margaret E. Williams, deceased, against the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company and others. Judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff appeals.
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Before Prince, J., Lancaster, Spring term, 1918. Action by H. F. Williams, as administrator of the estate of Margaret E. Williams, deceased, against the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company and others. Judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff appeals. Following is the statement of facts- referred to in opinion : The defendant is a Pennsylvania corporation, in the business of insuring lives; the Gordon Investment Company is a corporation under the laws of North Carolina, in the business of selling life insurance; the.plaintiff was husband to Margaret, and was, at the time in issue, an agent of the…
1Opinion of the Court
August 25, 1919. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Let the statement of facts appended hereto be reported with the opinion.
The major and decisive issue in the case is one of law, and it is this: Did the testimony tend to prove a contract of life insurance betwixt the parties?
We are of the opinion that the written testimony tended to prove such a contract, and that, therefore, the order of nonsuit ought not to have been ordered, the second nonsuit now granted in this cause. 105 S.C. 305, 89 S.E. 675.
Beyond question a policy for $2,000 was written on the life of Mrs. Williams by the…
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