Interstate Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Houston

The sole question involved on this appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County is whether or not the appellant, Interstate Life & Accident Insurance Company, should be held liable to appellee, Mary Houston, for hospitalization from December 12, 1959 to March 11,1960, under a policy which contains the following exception: “No benefits will be paid for hospitalization: (4) resulting from insanity.”

For convenience, the parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant, Mary Houston having been the plaintiff in the lower court, and Interstate Life & Accident Insurance Co., the defendant.

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