Georgia Casualty Co. v. Shaw

Appellees brought this suit in the district court of Galveston county against Georgia Casualty Company, appellant, to recover the sum of $7,500, being the value of an accident insurance policy issued by appellant to Robert G. Shaw, the insured, in which appellee, Ella Shaw, is named as beneficiary. Appellees pleaded that the insured, Robert G. Shaw, died February 17, 1916, from septicemia, or blood poisoning, resulting directly from a gunshot wound received by him on February 1, 1916; that such injuries' were effected through violent, external, and accidental means, and that the policy issued…