GARDNER v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 748SC380.

206 S.E.2d 818 (1974)

22 N.C. App. 404

William Bruce GARDNER, Administrator of the Estate of Carol Gardner Batton, Deceased v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Denied August 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owens & Haigwood by Thomas D. Haigwood and James, Hite, Cavendish & Blount by Marvin K. Blount, Jr., Greenville, for plaintiff appellee.

Jeffress, Hodges, Morris & Rochelle by A. H. Jeffress, Kinston, for defendant appellant.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court August 30, 1974.

HEDRICK, Judge.

This appeal presents but one question for our consideration: Who is entitled to the proceeds of a life insurance policy when the insured feloniously kills the named beneficiary, then commits suicide, and the insurance policy contains a section designating classes of alternative beneficiaries who are to receive the proceeds when the named beneficiary...

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