11 S.E.2d 139 | N.C. | 1940
Civil action to recover on contract of insurance.
It is admitted that on 28 February, 1938, the defendant duly issued a $500 policy of insurance on the life of Mary Dorton, payable to the plaintiff as beneficiary, and that it was in force at the date of the death of the insured, 19 February, 1939.
The defendant denied liability under the following provision in the policy: "No benefits will be paid for death resulting within two years from . . . intemperance."
The medical certificate of death gives "Alcoholic intoxication" as the cause of death, while the coroner's certificate recites "Acute alcoholism" as one of the "Contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause." C. S., 7111; Rees v. Ins. Co.,
The jury answered the issue in favor of the plaintiff, and from judgment thereon, the defendant appeals, assigning errors. It is asserted that the court erred in two respects, (1) in refusing to set aside the verdict as against the weight of the evidence, and (2) in signing the judgment.
First. Speaking to the action of the trial court in refusing to enter judgment on a verdict which the court had theretofore set aside, in its discretion, as contrary to the weight of the evidence, it was said inGoodman v. Goodman,
Second. The imputed error "in signing the judgment" presents only the question whether error appears on the face of the record. In re Escoffery,
No error.
