Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Johnson
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Pike county. Hon. W. P. Cassedy, Judge. Action by appellee against appellant on an insurance policy for §1,000, insuring the husband of appellee, an employe of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, against " bodily injuries sustained through external, violent and accidental means. ’ ’ The assured was hanged by a mob during the life of the policy. Plaintiff recovered judgment for the full amount óf the policy. Motion for new trial overruled.
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From tbe circuit court of Pike county. Hon. W. P. Cassedy, Judge. Action by appellee against appellant on an insurance policy for §1,000, insuring the husband of appellee, an employe of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, against " bodily injuries sustained through external, violent and accidental means. ’ ’ The assured was hanged by a mob during the life of the policy. Plaintiff recovered judgment for the full amount óf the policy. Motion for new trial overruled. Defendant appealed. The opinion contains such further statement of the case as is necessary to an understanding of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
There was no error in the court’s action in overruling the appellant’s application to compel the attendance of appellee’s witness, Barnes, in open court. Section 1756, code of 1892, provides for the procuring the attendance in open court of a witness whose deposition has been taken by the' opposing party. The language of the section is as follows: ‘" Depositions taken, certified and returned in pursuance of law, shall be admissible as evidence in the cause; but when the deposition of any witness shall be taken, the party against whom the witness was examined may procure the attendance of such…
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