Standard Life Insurance Company v. Hughes

This suit was filed in the Chancery Court of Carter County by Mrs. Rachel S. Hughes to recover the face value of a limited accidence insurance policy issued by the defendant company upon the life of complainant’s deceased husband, who was killed in an automobile accident in said county on Sunday morning, October 30,1955.

The chancellor entered a decree for $1,000 in favor of complainant, that is, for the face value of the policy, and his decree was affirmed by the Court of Appeals'. Both courts have held that his death occurred “on a public highway” within the mecmmg of said 'policy and,…