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SWYGERT v. DURHAM LIFE INS. CO.

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229 S.C. 199 (1956)

92 S.E.2d 478

FANNIE SWYGERT, Respondent, v. DURHAM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 24, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Crews, Esq., of Columbia, for Appellant.

Messrs. C.T. Graydon and Augustus T. Graydon, of Columbia, for Respondent.

John W. Crews, Esq., of Columbia, for Appellant, in Reply.

April 24, 1956.

OXNER, Justice.

This is a suit on a life insurance policy for $1,000.00 issued by the Durham Life Insurance Company to Charles B. Hornsby on May 1, 1942. The insured died in January, 1955 and the Company paid the amount of the policy to his wife whom it considered as the lawfully designated beneficiary. Thereafter plaintiff, Mrs. Fannie Swygert, claiming that she was the beneficiary, brought this action against the Company to recover the face...

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