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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Spruill v North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, December 1853

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1853.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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Action of assumpsit. The plaintiff owned a slave called Harry and in 1850 insured his life for 5 years. The insurance policy was for a sum of [dollars] 500, but was rendered void if the slave died by means of any invasion, insurrection, riot, or civil commotion, or of any military or usurped authority, or by the hands of justice. The slave died trying to avoid recapture. He refused to give himself up and came out of the house brandishing a scythe-blade. One of the patrol shot him in the side and he died of his wounds. The Lower Court judged that one of the policy exceptions applied as the slave had been resisting arrest and gave a verdict against the plaintiff. The Supreme Court reversed this decision and ordered the insurance company to pay the [dollars] 500 with interest. It ruled that the death of the slave Harry does not come within any of the exceptions contained in the policy.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the North Carolina State Archives.
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North Carolina State Archives
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Material sourced from the North Carolina State Archives
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