Fernando v. Continental Casualty Co.

Action to recover on an accident policy issued to one Boone in which the plaintiff was the beneficiary. The court directed a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff appeals from the order denying her motion for a new trial.

Boone was killed on September 2, 1924, by a shot from a revolver. The policy upon which it is sought to recover for his death provided:

“This policy does not cover any loss * * * if the injury causing it results from the intentional act of the insured or of any other person.”

The evidence is brief. The only witness to the shooting was a woman with whom Boone had been…