Horn v. Protective Life Insurance Company

143 S.E.2d 70 (1965)

264 N.C. 157

George R. HORN

v.

PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

No. 33.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 23, 1965.

Van Winkle, Walton, Buck & Wall, Herbert L. Hyde, Asheville, for defendant appellant.

Hamrick & Jones, Rutherfordton, for plaintiff appellee.

RODMAN, Justice.

The first and principal question debated in the briefs and on oral argument is directed to the motion to nonsuit. Defendant asserts the court's ruling was erroneous for two reasons:

First, plaintiff alleged, and defendant denied, that proof of loss required by the policy had been given. Plaintiff must…