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CHAVIS v. SOUTHERN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 8410DC1037.

333 S.E.2d 559 (1985)

Mary McClain CHAVIS v. SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Dombalis, II, Merriman, Nicholls, Crampton, Dombalis & Aldridge, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Poyner, Geraghty, Hartsfield & Townsend by David W. Long and Susanna K. Gilchrist, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.

BECTON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mary McClain Chavis, instituted this action on 14 October 1982 as the beneficiary of a $17,000 life insurance policy issued to her deceased husband, Leotha Jim Chavis, to recover the proceeds after the defendant insurer, Southern Life Insurance Company (Southern Life), denied her claim.

Mr. Chavis died on 25 July 1981 from burns received in a house fire. In its Answer, filed 21 December 1982, Southern Life raised the defense that...

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