HARGETT v. JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 179.

128 S.E.2d 26 (1962)

258 N.C. 10

Ridie Ward HARGETT v. JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Ridie Ward HARGETT v. The PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. Ridie Ward HARGETT v. The FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Reed & Griffin, Kinston, and George R. Hughes, Trenton, for plaintiff.

Wharton, Ivey & Wharton, Charles E. Dameron, III, Greensboro, and Whitaker & Jeffress, Kinston, for defendants.


MOORE, Justice.

We first consider whether the trial judge erred in excluding the statement of deceased to Turner and Jones that he had been stung by a wasp. An answer to this question is not necessary for a decision on this appeal, but the question will arise upon the retrial of the case and for that reason we discuss it here.

When, in an action upon an accident insurance policy, the beneficiary seeks to introduce in evidence declarations of deceased insured...

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