Legal Opinion
Drayton v. Industrial Life & Health Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 17, 1944No. 15663PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne
delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:
The action of the plaintiff is based upon a lost policy of insurance in the sum of $400.00 on the life of David (also called Ben) Green, alleged to have been issued by appellant, Industrial Life & Health Insurance Company, which designated the plaintiff as beneficiary. Appellant denied that it had ever issued this or any insurance policy on the life of David (Ben) Green, and alleged that no such policy had ever been in existence.
The trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, and the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bass v. American Products Export & I. Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
- Sample v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1937
- Coleman v. LureySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
- Broadway v. JeffersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
- Cogswell v. CannadySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United Jersey Bank v. WolosoffNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1984
- Fuller v. Eastern Fire & Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
- Winburn v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1985
- Brown v. HillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- South Carolina State Highway Department v. BookerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1973
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