Turner v. Columbia Nat. Life Ins.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SbasE, J., Spartanburg, June, 1914.' Action by J. C. B. Turner against the Columbia National Bife Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Before SbasE, J., Spartanburg, June, 1914.' Action by J. C. B. Turner against the Columbia National Bife Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Defendant objected to the admission of the proofs of loss on the ground that plaintiff could not prove his case by introduction of written statements that he may have made in a formal proof, filling out of the blanks in regard to the alleged details of his sickness, and that there was no such issue, whereupon the Court said: “He can refresh his memory by that if he desires to do so, or, if there are any marks on these papers…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action for the recovery of $360 by plaintiff against defendant, alleged to be due plaintiff under a health indemnity policy issued by defendant. The cause was tried at the June term of Court, 1914, for Spartanburg county, before Judge Sease and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $250. After entry of judgment, defendant appeals and bases his exceptions (1) in the refusal to direct a verdict in favor of defendant, (2) errors in his charge, and (3) error in the admission of evidence. It is…
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