Hooker v. . Sugg
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried before Graves, J., at October Terra, 1888, of Gbeicne Superior Court, upon a case agreed. From the judgment rendered below, which is set out in the opinion, the defendant appealed. Thé feme plaintiff is the daughter of J. T. Freeman. The defendant is the administrator of J. T. Freeman, of Leora Freeman, who was the wife of J. T. Freeman, and also of John IT. Freeman, who was the son of J. T. Freeman. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
J. T. Freeman, in the year 1867, obtained from the ÜStna Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, a policy of insurance upon his life for the sum of five thousand dollars, to be paid at his death to “ his wife and children,” the premiums on which were to be paid annually, one-half in money and the other half secured by his note. At the time of the issue of the policy he had a wife, Leora, then living, and two children, their offspring, John H. Freeman, and E. Hokie Freeman, who intermarried with John F. Hooker.
After the death of the said Leora, some time in 1873,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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