Wilson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance, 211 N.C. 731 (1937)

Jan. 6, 1937 · Supreme Court of North Carolina
211 N.C. 731

LOU WILSON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

(Filed 6 January, 1937.)

Insurance § Sid—

In' tins action on a disability clause in a certificate under an employees’ group policy, judgment of nonsuit in insurer’s favor is affirmed under authority of Fulton v. Insurance Oo., 210 N. C., 394.

Appeal by plaintiff from Rousseau, J., at November Term, 1935, of Rockingham:.

Civil action to recover on certificate of group insurance issued by defendant to plaintiff as an employee of the Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc.

From judgment of nonsuit entered at the close of all the evidence, plaintiff appeals, assigning errors.

P. T. Stiers for plaintiff, appellant. x

Manly, Hendren & Womble and W. P. Bandridge for defendant, appellee.

Pee Curiam.

In principle, the facts of the instant case are identical with those appearing in the case of Fulton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 210 N. C., 394, 186 S. E., 486. The master policy is the same. The judgment of nonsuit affirmed in the Fulton case, supra, is authority for the judgment entered here.

Affirmed.