Legal Opinion
Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware, Inc. v. The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1963No. 8756PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
• A problem in choice of laws is presented in this appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The controversy is as to whether North Carolina or Pennsylvania law governs plaintiff’s cause of action.
Lowe’s North Wilkesboró Hardware, Inc., was designated primary beneficiary in an application for a $200,000 life insurance policy on-the life of its president, Henry Carl Buchan,-Jr. It brought suit in tort against Fidelity Life Insurance Co. for the face amount of the applied-for policy. The action was grounded on…
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