SMITH v. PRINCIPAL MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. COA97-1513.

505 S.E.2d 586 (1998)

Karen SMITH, Plaintiff, v. PRINCIPAL MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, and Elois H. Wood, Additional Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd and Jacobs, L.L.P. by Constance Floyd Jacobs and Robert V. Shaver, Jr., Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Douglas, Ravenel, Hardy & Crihfield, L.L.P. by Robert D. Douglas, III, Greensboro, for additional party defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

We first consider whether the trial court erred in its conclusion of law that for the change of beneficiary to be effective, the form had to be received by Principal before the insured's death. Defendant Wood contends that to be effective the form only needed to be executed by the insured prior to his death and that all the evidence before the Court shows that decedent did execute the change of beneficiary form before his death. Defendant Wood...

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