Legal Opinion

Suggs v. New York Life Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 9, 1934No. 13920PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The facts out of which this action arose, as well as the questions involved in the appeal, are fully set out in the opinion of Mr. Justice Bonham, and will not be restated here.

I think that Judge Townsend properly submitted the case to the jury. As indicated by him, in refusing defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, it was for that body to say, under the evidence, whether the answers of Suggs to the questions asked in the application for insurance were made by him with intent to deceive and defraud the company.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rogers v. Atlantic Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  2. Huestess v. South Atlantic Life Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
  3. Johnson v. New York Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
  4. Wingo v. New Work Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1919

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. BatesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1948
  2. Atlantic Life Insurance v. BeckhamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
  3. McLester v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
  4. Stewart v. Pioneer Pyramid Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
  5. Nationwide Life Insurance Company v. AttawayCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958

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