Provident Life & Accident Ins. v. Rimmer

The parties will be designated as in the trial court. Victoria Rimmer, the.plaintiff, under a policy insuring Harris W. Rimmer for $5000 against death by accident, sued the defendant company, the insurer, in the circuit court to recover upon the policy. At the trial in the circuit court only two matters of fact were submitted to the jury; first, whether Harris W. Rimmer committed suicide or was accidentally killed, and, second, whether the defendant’s refusal to pay the insurance was in bad faith so as to subject it to liability for the penalty.

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