UNITED LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO. v. WILLOUGHBY

No. 6072.

182 F.2d 113 (1950)

UNITED LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO. OF CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE v. WILLOUGHBY.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Thomas, Jr., Columbia, S. C., (Pickney L. Cain, Columbia, S. C., James B. Dixon, Marion, S. C., and Thomas, Cain & Lumpkin, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

J. Reuben Long, Conway, S. C., for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in two companion cases, which were removed from the state to the federal court on the ground of diversity of citizenship, raises the question whether the Insurance Company is liable for double or triple indemnity under two life insurance policies on the life of Cleophus M. Willoughby, a farmer who resided in Horry County, South Carolina. The face amount of each policy was $2500 which was paid by the company upon the death of the insured...

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