Life Casuality Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. Crow.

BROWN, Justice.

This action is by the appellee, named on the face of the policy of insurance as beneficiary, to recover a sum of money alleged to be due on said policy in consequence of the death of her husband, Jeff Crow, who was insured thereunder against the loss of life “as a result of bodily injuries effected solely by external, violent and accidental means by being struck by a vehicle propelled by gasoline while walking or standing on a public highway.”

The complaint avers that plaintiff was named in said policy as beneficiary, and that said policy is her property.

The defendant pleaded…