Hughes v. Central Accident Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Jefferson Co., Aug. T., 1905, No. 334, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Clifton Hughes v. Central Accident Insurance Company of Pittsburg. Assumpsit on a policy of accident insurance. Before Reed, P.J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 123, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Jefferson Co., Aug. T., 1905, No. 334, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Clifton Hughes v. Central Accident Insurance Company of Pittsburg. Assumpsit on a policy of accident insurance. Before Reed, P.J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Defendant presented, inter alia, these points: 1. If the plaintiff received the injury he alleges on December 14,1904, the notice received by the company on January 31, 1905, was not a compliance by the plaintiff with the provision of the policy that “ immediate…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The plaintiff, while a passenger in a railroad car, received a wound in his right eye through external, violent and accidental means, independently of all other causes, which resulted *465in a total and irrecoverable loss of vision in the injured eye. The jury so found, upon evidence which, if convincing to them, was entirely sufficient to support their verdict. The only questions raised by the assignments which call for consideration, are those which challenge the sufficiency of plaintiff’s compliance with the provisions of the policy under which he was insured, in…
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