Wingo v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Rice, J., Spartanburg, - term, --. Action by Annie L. Wingo against the-New York Fife Insurance Company, and by Augustus F. Maxwell against the same defendant.
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Before Rice, J., Spartanburg, - term, --. Action by Annie L. Wingo against the-New York Fife Insurance Company, and by Augustus F. Maxwell against the same defendant. The cases were tried together by consent. judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. submit: There is only one question in the case: (1) Was there any testimony upon which the jury could base a verdict for the plaintiffs? Every page of the case is bristling with testimony in favor of the plaintiff’s case: 72 D. F. 213: 207 Fed. 481: 29 S. C. 615: 118 Ill. 261: 103 Ill. 534: 85 Ill. 143; 94 N. W. 568; 120 Iowa 203; 66 Mass.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
These two cases were tried together by consent of counsel before Judge Rice, and a jury, at Spartanburg, S. C. The Court, upon all the facts being in and on motion of defendant’s counsel, directed a verdict in favor of the defendant in both cases. After entry of judgment plaintiffs appeal, and by three exceptions present the only question in the case: Was there any testimony upon which the jury could base a verdict for the plaintiffs ?
A careful reading of the evidence satisfies us that there was ample testimony to submit the case to…
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