Jefferson Standard Life Ins. v. Jefcoats

McGowen, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

Tbe appellee, Mrs. Jefcoats, as the widow of George Jefcoats, brought an action for the recovery on an insurance policy issued on February 1, 1930, to George Jefcoats, which policy contained a double indemnity clause; the amount of the ordinary life policy being for one thousand dollars and the amount of the double indemnity being for one thousand dollars. George Jefcoats, the insured, was killed by a passenger train in the city of Laurel, on the night of October 7, 1931.

To the declaration, the appellant (the insurance company) filed the plea of…