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BARNES v. HOME BENEFICIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 194.

155 S.E.2d 492 (1967)

271 N.C. 217

Rosa M. BARNES v. HOME BENEFICIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 24, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allsbrook, Benton, Knott, Allsbrook & Cranford, Roanoke Rapids, for plaintiff appellant.

Crew & Moseley, Roanoke Rapids, for defendant appellee.

SHARP, Justice.

In insurance policies which provide for payment, not merely for death, but death by accident or by external, violent, and accidental means, the authorities support the general rule that the burden is on the plaintiff to show that the death of insured resulted from accident or accidental means within the terms of the policy. Chesson v. Pilot Life Insurance Co., 268 N.C. 98, 150 S.E.2d 40

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