Globe Accident Insurance v. Gerisch

This action was upon a policy of accident insurance issued to Philip Gerisch, the plaintiff’s intestate. The declaration averred that the deceased accidentally, severely and fatally strained and injured his body in the abdominal region by lifting a box of ashes and cinders, from which strain and injury he died. The cause was tried in the Canton city court before the court, without a jury. After plaintiff had rested her case the defendant demurred to the evidence, but the court overruled the demurrer, found the issues for the plaintiff and rendered judgment in her favor for §2000, and that…