North American Accident Insurance v. Moreland
Supreme Court of Florida
This case Avas decided by the court En Banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case' are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The defendant brought an action in the circuit court for Duval county, Florida, on an accident insurance policy in which she was the designated beneficiary. It is alleged that on July 29, 1908, in Alachua county, Florida, William H. Moreland, the person insured, “met his death from the effects of a gun shot wound then and there inflicted upon said William H. Moreland’s body. That said bodily injury resulting in the death of said William H. Moreland Avas then and there effected directly and independently of all other causes, through external, violent and accidental means,” * * * “and said bod*155il…
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