Legal Opinion

Davis v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 17, 1975No. 7529SC391PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

VAUGHN, Judge.

We note at the outset that there are no exceptions to the court’s findings of fact. The facts so found are sufficient to support the conclusion that the insured’s death was accidental within the meaning of the policy, i.e. it resulted from an unexplained gunshot wound.

Defendant’s assignment of error directed to the court’s failure to grant its motions for dismissal, “judgment notwith*49standing the verdict,” a new trial and its exceptions to the entry of the judgment do not present the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the findings of fact made by the court.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Aetna Life Insurance Company v. BeasleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  2. Fallins v. Durham Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  3. Clay v. State Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
  4. Bone v. Charlotte Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1971

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ward v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984

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