SMITH v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA

No. 319.

122 S.E.2d 203 (1961)

255 N.C. 569

Robert L. SMITH v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude F. Seila, Ted G. West, Lenoir, for plaintiff, appellee.

Townsend & Todd, by Folger Townsend, Lenoir, for defendant, appellant.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The policy, the admissions in the answer, and the stipulations of the parties made out a case of liability for the face value of the policy. The defendant sought to escape liability on the ground that death resulted from suicide. Nothing in the evidence suggested suicide save the word inserted by pen in the "Proof of Loss" which, for some reason, the plaintiff introduced. However, he testified he signed the paper in a hurry at the instance of the...

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