Spruill v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, tried before Boykvn, J., and a jury, at April Term, 1896, of FRANKLIN Superior Court. The nature of the action and the facts are stated in the opinion of the court!
1Opinion of the Court
Douglas, J.:
This is an action by Mrs. Sarah F Spruill against the Northwestern Life Insurance Co. to recover the amount of a policy of insurance issued to her as beneficiary upon the life of her husband, William T. Spruill. The policy issued on the 2nd day of October, 1894, provided that if, within two years from the date thereof, “the said assured shall, whether sane or insane, die by his own hand, then this policy shall be null and void.” The assured died on the 24 th day of July, 1895, from the effects of a “pistol shot in his own hands,” as stated in the proof of loss furnished to the…
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