SLAUGHTER v. STATE CAPITAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 532.

108 S.E.2d 438 (1959)

250 N.C. 265

Ruth E. SLAUGHTER v. STATE CAPITAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Levinson, Smithfield, William I. Godwin, Selma, for plaintiff, appellant.

Allen & Hipp, Raleigh, Wellons & Wellons, Smithfield, for defendant, appellee.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The plaintiff has abandoned all assignments of error except those relating to the judgment of nonsuit. The policy here involved provided coverage for death "resulting directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury sustained by the insured solely through external, violent, and accidental means." In order to prevail in her suit on the policy, the plaintiff must bring the insured's death within the coverage provision. If coverage...

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