Gatewood v. Continental General Life Ins. Co. of Hartford

GRONER, District Judge.

This is an action to recover on a policy of insurance and was originally begun in the circuit court of Fauquier county and removed therefrom to this court. The parties have stipulated certain facts and others shown in the evidence are not disputed. A jury was waived.

Eugene C. Gatewood, husband of the plaintiff, was the holder of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant company commonly known as an accident policy. Tlie provisions of the policy provided payment in the sum of $5,000 in the event of loss of life, limb, or sight, and “triple indemnity” if sustained by…