Wayne v. Travelers Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
Plaintiff, the beneficiary in an accident insurance policy issued by defendant insuring John Beakley, who subsequently died, sued for $4,500, the principal sum of the policy, claiming that Beakley’s death was caused by accident. Upon trial the jury returned a verdict for this amount with interest and upon this verdict the court entered judgment for $5,107.51, from which defendant appeals.
In some of the counts plaintiff alleged-that Beakley’s death was caused by a cut on his lip accidentally inflicted by a barber, but the evidence fails to support this claim. The gist of the other counts,…
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