Bussard v. FIREMAN'S FUND ETC. CO.

44 Wn.2d 417 (1954)

267 P.2d 1062

ADALINE M. BUSSARD, Respondent,

v.

FIREMAN'S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant.[1]

No. 32557.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

March 18, 1954.

Duane T. Shinn (of Hennings & Shinn), for appellant.

Tuttle & Luce, for respondent.

MALLERY, J.

This is an action by the plaintiff, as beneficiary of an insurance policy, for the accidental death of her husband. The jury returned a verdict for her of $10,615. Defendant appeals.

The insured had taken out the policy prior to embarking for France to study Romance languages. In flying home on July 18, 1951, he found,…