Legal Opinion

Duke v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 15, 1937PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Per curiam

The facts agreed bring this case within the decision of this Court in Thompson v. Accident Association, 209 N. C., 678, 184 S. E., 695, and Hines v. Casualty Co., 172 N. C., 225, 90 S. E., 131. In the Thompson case, supra, it was said, Schenck, J., speaking for the Court: “The purpose of the provision relative to the insured’s being continuously confined within doors was to describe the character and extent of his illness, rather than to prescribe a limitation upon his conduct.”

Upon the authority of these cases the judgment is

Affirmed.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hines v. New England Casualty Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
  2. Thompson v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Walsh v. United Insurance Company of AmericaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  2. Struble v. Occidental Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
  3. Suits v. Old Equity Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  4. Glenn v. Gate City Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  5. Duke v. Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1974

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