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  "name": "MARCELLA E. COLTRAIN v. GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY",
  "name_abbreviation": "Coltrain v. General American Life Insurance",
  "decision_date": "1940-03-06",
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  "first_page": "262",
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      "MARCELLA E. COLTRAIN v. GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThis is an action by tbe plaintiff to recover of tbe defendant General American Life Insurance Company upon a life insurance policy issued by tbe Missouri State Life Insurance Company. Tbe plaintiff alleged and offered evidence tending to prove that tbe Missouri State Life Insurance Company issued a policy upon tbe life of tbe plaintiff\u2019s husband in which the plaintiff was named as beneficiary, that plaintiff\u2019s husband was killed while the policy was in effect, and that demand had been made upon the defendant for payment of the death benefits stipulated in the policy which had been denied; plaintiff further alleged that \u201cthe defendant became owner of all the assets and liabilities of the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, including the assets and liabilities on the above named policy, and is now liable to the same extent as the said Missouri State Life Insurance was before it was taken over by the defendant\u201d; but offered evidence tending to show only that \u201cthe defendant became owner of all assets of the Missouri State Life Insurance Company.\u201d\nAt the close of the plaintiff\u2019s evidence the court sustained defendant\u2019s motion for a judgment as in ease of nonsuit, and from judgment accordant therewith the plaintiff appealed, assigning error.\n\u201cThe fact that one corporation has purchased and taken a conveyance of the property of another corporation does not alone make the vendee liable for the debts of the vendor.\u201d Begnell v. Coach Line, 198 N. C., 688.\nThe judgment of the Superior Court is\nAffirmed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "H. L. Swain for plaintiff, appellant.",
      "Smith, Wharton & Hudgins and E. P. Lamer\u00f3n for defendant, ap-pellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "MARCELLA E. COLTRAIN v. GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.\n(Filed 6 March, 1940.)\nCorporations \u00a7 50\u2014\nThe mere fact that a corporation purchases the entire assets of another corporation is not sufficient to establish responsibility on the purchasing corporation for the liabilities of the selling corporation.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Hamilton, Special Judge, at November Term, 1939, of Maetiet.\nH. L. Swain for plaintiff, appellant.\nSmith, Wharton & Hudgins and E. P. Lamer\u00f3n for defendant, ap-pellee."
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