Continental Casualty Co. v. Colvin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

On December 19, 1904, the Continental Casualty Company issued an accident-insurance policy to Ammazyah G. Colvin, of Newton. The beneficiary named in the policy was Mary M. Colvin, a sister of the insured. On January 9, 1905, the insured was accidentally injured, and died March 7, 1905. This action was commenced in the district court of Harvey county, December 21, 1906, by Mary M. Colvin, to recover the amount named in the policy. The petition was in the ordinary form, reciting the policy, the injury, its progress and results. The answer was…