WRIGHT SCRUGGS CO. v. EQUITABLE LIFE SOC.

19403

258 S.C. 253 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 477

WRIGHT SCRUGGS SHOE CO., a Partnership of Carl V. Green and Ray L. Bishop, by its Sole Surviving Partner, Ray L. Bishop, Appellant, v. The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude R. Dunbar, Esquire, of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

H. Spencer King, Esquire, of Butler, Means, Evans & Browne, for Respondent.

Claude R. Dunbar, Esquire, of Spartanburg, for Appellant, in Reply.


April 20, 1972.

MOSS, Chief Justice:

Wright Scruggs Shoe Company, a partnership and the appellant herein, as beneficiary of a policy of insurance in the face amount of $25,000 issued by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, the respondent herein, on the life of Carl V. Green, a late partner, brought this action to recover an additional death benefit of $25,000 provided in the accidental death benefit clause of the said policy.

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