Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Tuggle's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant seeks to reverse a judgment for $1,000 recovered against it by the appellee upon an insurance contract for the alleged accidental death of his intestate.

Ivan Tuggle was an employee of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at the time of his death. He was a locomotive fireman having been demoted from engineer, doubtless due to reduction in forces as a result of the depression. The railroad company was carding a group insurance policy for the benefit of its employees. The decedent was protected by this insurance, which…