McKendree v. Southern States Life Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasB, J., Spartanburg, Summer term, 1918. Action by Elizabeth S. MacKendree and others against the Southern States Life Insurance Company of Alabama. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. Plaintiff’s citations, referred to in the opinion, on question of contestability of life insurance policies for fraud: Insurance Co. v. Arnold, 97 S. C. 421; 81 S. E. 964; Ann. Cas. 1916c, 706; Reagan v. Union Mut. Life Ins.
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Before SeasB, J., Spartanburg, Summer term, 1918. Action by Elizabeth S. MacKendree and others against the Southern States Life Insurance Company of Alabama. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. Plaintiff’s citations, referred to in the opinion, on question of contestability of life insurance policies for fraud: Insurance Co. v. Arnold, 97 S. C. 421; 81 S. E. 964; Ann. Cas. 1916c, 706; Reagan v. Union Mut. Life Ins. Co., 189 Mass, 555; 76 N. E. 217; 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 821; 109 Am. St. Rep. 659; 4 Ann. Cas. 362; Great Western Life Ins. Co. v. Suavely, 206 Fed. 20; 124 C. C. A. 154;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Action upon two contracts of insurance upon the life of S. Marshall MacKendree. The Court directed a verdict for the defendant, upon the ground that the only reasonable conclusion to be drawn from the testimony was that the insured had suicided, which act by the words of the contract avoided the same.
1 1. A careful consideration of the testimony, after two arguments, brings us to the now settled conclusion that the issue of how the deceased met his death ought to have been submitted to the jury. The presumption of fact is that a man…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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