Maryland Casualty Co. v. McCallum
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Covington County; A. H. Alston, Judge. Action by Jessie Y. McCallum against the Maryland Casualty Company, on an accident insurance policy upon the life of E. Ben McCallum. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Covington County; A. H. Alston, Judge. Action by Jessie Y. McCallum against the Maryland Casualty Company, on an accident insurance policy upon the life of E. Ben McCallum. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The following are the counts of the complaint mentioned in this opinion: (2) Plaintiff claims of defendant $1,000 with interest thereon, due on a policy whereby defendant, on the 20th day of January, 1913, insured for a term of one year the life of E. Ben McCallum against bodily injuries, effected directly and independently of all other causes…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Action on a policy of accident insurance brought by appellee against appellant. Plaintiff, the beneficiary named in the policy, claimed that the insured came to his death by reason of wounds received in a personal rencounter in which he was wholly free from fault; defendant claimed that insured died of typhoid fever without contribution from wounds which, it contended, were trivial and inconsequential. There was evidence to support both contentions, and it may as well be said here that, whatever may be thought of the general result, there was evidence to support plaintiff’s case, and the…
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