Preferred Accident Insurance v. Fielding
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe Coimty: Hon. Booth M. Malone, Judge. Action by appellee (as plaintiff) in Ms capacity as administrator of the estate o£ William H. Emanuel, deceased, to recover from the defendant on an accident insurance policy. From a judgment for plaintiff the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Chiee Justice G-abbert
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff claimed that the death of deceased was caused by injuries accidentally received. The first question we shall consider is the contention on behalf *21of counsel for the defendant that the testimony on the part of the plaintiff failed to establish that these injuries were the result of an accident. A witness testified that he met the deceased about 5 o’clock of the afternoon of April 10, 1901, at a hotel in New York' city; that they sat down and talked about half an hour; that he felt badly over his father’s death, which had…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Travellers' Insurance v. McConkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Travelers Insurance v. SheppardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Mallory v. . the Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Jones v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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- Security Mutual Casualty Company v. Century Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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