Pyramid Life Ins. Co. v. Milner

Opinion of the Court bt

Judge Tilford

Affirming.

This action was instituted to recover $2,000 on an insurance policy by which appellant promised to pay appellee as beneficiary $1,000 upon receipt of proof of the death of her husband, William E. Milner, and an additional $1,000 in the event his death resulted solely from bodily injuries caused directly, exclusively, and independly of all other causes by external, violent, and purely accidental means. In its answer, the appellant offered to confess judgment for $1,000, but denied that the insured died as the result of an accident. The issue thus…