National Life Insurance Company v. Gregg

Appellant issued to George McGee its policy of indemnity for “loss of life or time by either accident or sickness and for loss of limb or sight by accidental means,” the total sum payable for loss of life being $200. The policy was payable to appellee’s intestate, Mary McGee, who was the wife of George McGee. While the policy Was in force, George McGee came to his death as the result of a pistol shot fired by Toney Lowell, and this action was instituted against appellant by appellee’s intestate, Mary McGee, to recover the sum of $200, the amount specified in the policy as a death benefit.…