Smith v. Combined Insurance Co. of America
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C. J.
This is an action to recover on an accident policy issued by Combined Insurance Company of America on the life of Earl B. Smith, denominated the “Insured,” in favor of Florence Smith, his wife. The Insurance Company filed a denial of liability on the ground that the insured had not died “as a result of an accident” within the meaning of the policy. There was a trial before a jury and at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence and again at the close of all of the evidence the defendant Insurance Company moved to strike the plaintiff’s evidence on the ground, among others, that it failed to…
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