Georgia Life Insurance v. Easter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Miller. Action by Martin L. Easter, as administrator of the estate of Margaret Easter, against the George Life Insurance Company of Macon Georgia, for the amount of the policy issued on the life of his intestate, whose death is alleged to have been caused independently and exclusively of all other causes through external, violent, and accidental means, while a passenger in or on a public conveyance provided by a…
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Miller. Action by Martin L. Easter, as administrator of the estate of Margaret Easter, against the George Life Insurance Company of Macon Georgia, for the amount of the policy issued on the life of his intestate, whose death is alleged to have been caused independently and exclusively of all other causes through external, violent, and accidental means, while a passenger in or on a public conveyance provided by a common carrier for passenger service. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The policy is set out as a part of…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
The following excerpts from the testimony of some of the witnesses will place the reader in possession of the facts:
“I am connected with the Harris Transfer & Warehouse Company. My position is president and general manager. It is a corporation. We keep the folloiving picnic wagons for hire: I think, let’s see, there are two tallyhos, park wagonette; there about five. You see we use our horses indiscriminately. We use in that kind of business a number of horses; that is, just according to the number of wagons that are out. We could put four horses to each wagon. The company…
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