Morgan v. Royal Benefit Society & Royal Fraternal Ass'n
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant fraternal association from Devin, Jat February Term, 1914, of Fobsyth. This action was brought to charge the defendant Eoyal Fraternal Association with the payment of a policy of insurance issued by its codefendant’ Eoyal Benefit Society, on the life of Sarah 0. Morgan for the benefit, at her death, of her son, Leonard Morgan.
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Appeal by defendant fraternal association from Devin, Jat February Term, 1914, of Fobsyth. This action was brought to charge the defendant Eoyal Fraternal Association with the payment of a policy of insurance issued by its codefendant’ Eoyal Benefit Society, on the life of Sarah 0. Morgan for the benefit, at her death, of her son, Leonard Morgan. The Eoyal Benefit Society is a corporation of the District of Columbia, and in 1910 was doing an insurance business in North Carolina, issuing policies to its members. The Eoyal Benefit Society issued a policy of insurance, No. 58343, on the life of…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case: The ground of this action is that the license of the Royal Benefit-Society to do business in this State, it being a foreign corporation with place of business in "Washington, D. 0., had been revoked by the Insurance Commissioner of this State, and thereafter the other company or association had been chartered and organized for the purpose of taking over and carrying the outstanding policies of the banished society. The plaintiff offered testimony which, if competent, had some tendency, perhaps, to show the above relation between the two associations, and, as…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Daniel v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Smith v. N. C. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1873
- Southerland v. Wilmington & Weldon RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Gazzam v. German Union Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Rumbough v. Southern Improvement Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
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- Norfolk Southern Railroad v. SmithermanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
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