Rio Grande Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. Bailey

GRISSOM, Justice.

Thelma M. Bailey sued the Rio Grande National Life Insurance Company on an insurance policy issued by it on the life of her husband, Claude H. Bailey, deceased. Judgment was rendered on a jury’s verdict for plaintiff for $394.96. Defendant has appealed.

The judgment includes $50, found by the jury to be a reasonable attorney’s fee, and 12% penalty. In addition to the amount of attorney’s fee the jury found (1) that Bailey sustained violent, external, accidental injuries on March 7, 1940; (2) that said injuries were the sole cause of his death, and (4) that the premiums on the…