Peerless Insurance Company v. Myers

Suit was brought in the Circuit Court of Tunica County by the executors of the estate of Mrs. Mattee B. Myers, seeking to recover under an accident policy issued by Peerless Insurance Company to Mrs. Myers. The case was tried before the judge without a jury, and from a judgment for plaintiff, this appeal was prosecuted. The issue is whether there was enough evidence to support a finding that a trip of an hour's duration in a taxicab caused carbon monoxide poisoning of insured, which activated a latent heart condition and resulted in her death. We think there was, and thus affirm the judgment.

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