McLendon v. Carolina Life Insurance

This was an action on a double-indemnity clause of an insurance policy issued by Carolina Life Insurance Company on the life of Thomas O. McLendon in which William M. McLendon, the plaintiff in error, was the beneficiary. The case was tried on an agreed statement of facts substantially as follows: The policy sued on was in full force and effect with a face value of five hundred dollars and an additional provision designated as “double-indemnity provision” whereby the company agreed to pay in addition to the face of the policy the sum of five hundred dollars in the event the death of the…