Gorham v. Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'n

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant on a directed verdict in a suit on a policy of accident insurance. Defendant defended on four grounds: (1) That the death of insured was not the result of accident but of suicide; (2) that the notice and proofs of death required by the policy were not furnished; (3) that there was breach of the autopsy clause; and (4) that the suit was not seasonably instituted. Issues covering these various matters wer,e submitted to the jury in accordance with the North Carolina practice, and verdict for the defendant was directed on each…