Kitzmiller v. Life & Casualty Ins.

Plaintiff below, Maude Kitzmiller, has appealed in error to this court from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington County, based upon a jury verdict, dismissing her suit as beneficiary under an accident policy issued by the Life and Casualty Insurance Company under date of April 13, 1936, upon the life of her brother Parks Kitzmiller. The policy is one of limited coverage, providing for $1,000 death benefits should the insured suffer death as the result of an accident as defined by the terms of the policy and, if he survived such accident, for stipulated amounts for loss of certain…