Provident Life Insurance v. Fennell

This was a suit brought by Mary Fennell against the Provident Life Insurance Company, upon a policy issued upon the life of her deceased husband. The plaintiff had a verdict and judgment and the defendant appealed.

It is now urged for appellant, that the court erred in not permitting the defendant to give in evidence the application of deceased for the insurance, showing that his occupation at' the time of the insurance was that of a switchman on a railway, and to prove in connection with this evidence, that he was killed while performing the duties of a brakesman. The insurance was against…