American National Insurance v. Nelson

I concur in the judgment and in the opinion as written, except in paragraph 3. I concur in the conclusion therein stated, that the court did not err in failing to give the .requested charge. In my opinion the request does not state a correct proposition of law, and for that reason it was not error to refuse it. The rule applicable to a case-of this kind, which is a suit to recover under a policy for the death of the insured, resulting from an injury effected solely through external, violent, and accidental means, and not from any violation of law by him, is stated in Gaynor v. Travelers…