Insurance Co. v. Bennett

SnodgRáss, J.

Action on accident insurance policy for $5,000 issued by plaintiff in error on life of A. Bennett; trial before a jury; verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for amount of policy and interest; appeal and assignment of errors by defendant.

Bennett was found dead in a house on Causey Street, Memphis, Tennessee, about ten o’clock a.m. on March 81, 1886. He had been dead apparently about a half - hour, the body being still warm. The house contained three rooms — the front, a bedroom; the middle, a dining-room; and a backroom applied to no special purpose so far as the evidence…