Abney v. Continental Casualty Co.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit for insurance proceeds allegedly due under a policy of life insurance issued to the late Robert H. Abney, Sr. *439The suit was filed by Imogene Sweeney Abney, wife of the deceased, against Continental Casualty Company, a foreign insurance corporation. From a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant brought this devolutive appeal.

The thrust of the defendant’s contention on appeal is that Mrs. Abney failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence her entitlement to double indemnity proceeds of $75,000.00 under the insurance policy. Among other…