Legal Opinion
Ayers v. Business Men's Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 3, 1929No. 12555PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Brease.
The subject of this action was a life insurance policy in the amount of $250, issued by the defendant on the life of Mrs. Lillian Mims, a sister of the plaintiff, who was the . named beneficiary.
In the trial in the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, the presiding Judge, Hon. H. F. Rice, directed a verdict for the defendant upon two grounds: (1) That there was collusive fraud on the part of the agent of the company and the beneficiary in the issuance of the policy; and (2) that the policy was void under its own terms, because at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rogers v. Atlantic Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Huestess v. South Atlantic Life Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- Fludd v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Knobelock v. Germania Savings BankSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1897
- Pearlstine v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Galphin v. Pioneer Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- Able v. Pilot Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
- Dubuque Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. MILLERSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1951
- Eskew v. Life Ins. Co. of VirginiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Pilot Life Insurance Company v. Pulliam Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
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