HARRISON v. WINSTEAD

No. 237.

110 S.E.2d 903 (1959)

251 N.C. 113

Arlene H. HARRISON v. Mattie F. WINSTEAD and Occidental Life Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lamb, Lamb & Daughtridge, Wilson, for plaintiff.

Battle, Winslow, Merrell, Scott & Wiley, Rocky Mount, Carr & Gibbons, Wilson, for defendant.


DENNY, Justice.

It appears from the proffered evidence that when the insured requested the insurer in April 1947 to change the beneficiary from his mother, Mrs. Mattie F. Winstead, to his estate, the Insurance Company wrote the defendant, who had possession of the policy, to send the policy in to the insurer in order that it might endorse the requested change of beneficiary thereon. The defendant did not comply with the request of the insurer, therefore, the Insurance...

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