Ferguson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is a suit on an insurance policy wherein appellee, hereinafter referred to as State Farm, insured the life of J. W. Ferguson, husband of appellant, in the amount of $10,000.

The case involves the construction of an exclusion clause of a death indemnity coverage in the policy. The trial court granted the general affirmative charge in favor of appellee at the conclusion of the evidence. This appeal followed.

The facts are as follows:

State Farm issued a policy of insurance to J. W. Ferguson and Willie Ferguson, covering their 1960 Dodge automobile. The policy, insofar as here…