Duke v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp.
Cases that cite this one
9 later published cases cite this decision.
- Evans v. TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY (N.C. 1967)
- Struble v. Occidental Life Insurance (Minn. 1963)
- Suits v. Old Equity Life Insurance Company (N.C. 1959)
- Duke v. Mutual Life Insurance (N.C. Ct. App. 1974)
- Walsh v. United Insurance Company of America (N.C. 1965)
- Brandt v. Mutual Ben. Health Acc. Ass'n (Tenn. Ct. App. 1947)
- Brandt v. Mutual Ben. Health & Acc. Ass'n (Tenn. Ct. App. 1947)
- Schmidt v. General Accident, Fire, & Life Assurance Corp. (Ga. Ct. App. 1942)
- Glenn v. Gate City Life Insurance (N.C. 1942)
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Opinion of the Court
The facts agreed bring this case within the decision of this Court in Thompson v. Accident Association, 209 N. C., 678, 184 S. E., 695, and Hines v. Casualty Co., 172 N. C., 225, 90 S. E., 131. In the Thompson case, supra, it was said, Schenck, J., speaking for the Court: “The purpose of the provision relative to the insured’s being continuously confined within doors was to describe the character and extent of his illness, rather than to prescribe a limitation upon his conduct.”
Upon the authority of these cases the judgment is
Affirmed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.