Parker v. . Potter

It is a fundamental maxim of the common law tbat no man should take advantage of bis own wrong. Not only is the maxim based on elementary principles; it is firmly embedded in our jurisprudence, and as remarked by Broom, it admits of illustrations from every branch of legal procedure. Legal Maxims, 275. One of these illustrations is given in Anderson v. Parker, 152 N. C., 1, in which it is said that the beneficiary in a policy of insurance who has caused or procured the death of the insured under circumstances amounting to a felony will not be allowed to recover on the policy. As the Court…