Provident Fund Society v. Howell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Bridgeport. Tried before the Mon. William L. Stephens. This action was brought by the appellee, Charles R. Mowell, against the appellant, the Provident Fund Society on a policy of accident insurance. The facts upon which the case, on the present appeal, is decided, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the City Court of Bridgeport. Tried before the Mon. William L. Stephens. This action was brought by the appellee, Charles R. Mowell, against the appellant, the Provident Fund Society on a policy of accident insurance. The facts upon which the case, on the present appeal, is decided, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. There was judgment in the trial court in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals from this decree, and assigns as error the rendition of said judgment, and the rulings of the trial court to which exceptions were reserved. The action was not brought…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
One error in the present record is fatal to any recovery by the plaintiff, and we will not notice the other assignments. The case is an action by the appel-lee on a policy of accident insurance. The injury received by the plaintiff resulted in the loss of an arm. By the terms of the policy, to entitle the plaintiff to receive the stipulated indemnity, he was required, within four months from the date of the injury, to furnish to the society affirmative proofs of the injury and duration *510of the disability, and that same resulted proxunately from bodily injury covered by the contract; aud it is…
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