Patterson v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing oil an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia upon a verdict directed by tbe court in an action upon a policy of accident insurance. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This action was brought hy Alice M. Patterson against the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Limited, of London, England, upon a contract of accident insurance made with Henry E. Patterson.
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Hearing oil an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia upon a verdict directed by tbe court in an action upon a policy of accident insurance. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This action was brought hy Alice M. Patterson against the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Limited, of London, England, upon a contract of accident insurance made with Henry E. Patterson. The declaration alleged the issue of the policy by the defendant to Henry E. Patterson June 14, 1901, insuring him for one year against accidental bodily…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
1. The declarations of the assured, testified to by his wife *66and brother-in-law, were properly admitted as tending to show not only that he was then suffering severe bodily pain, but also that he had sustained an accidental strain in the treatment of a patient. They come clearly within the rule of competency, as part of the res gestee, that was enounced by the Supreme Court of the United States in Travellers’ Ins. Co. v. Mosley, 8 Wall. 397, 404, 405, 19 L. ed. 437, 440. See also Mutual L. Ins. Co. v. Hillmon, 145 U. S. 285, 296, 36 L. ed. 707, 711, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 909; Washington & G. R.…
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- Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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