Travelers Insurance v. Sheppard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Insurance. Evidence. Practice. Bonafides. Character. Bes gestee. Interrogatories. Eraud. Nonsuit. Witness. Trials. Damages. Before Judge G-ustin. Bibb superior court. November term, 1888. Action on a policy of accident insurance on the life of the plaintiff’s husband. The main defence was that he was not dead. The decision states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The verdict against the company was for $5,000, the amount of the policy, together with over $1,000 for interest thereon, $750 for attorney’s fees, and fifteen per cent, on the aggregate for damages, the total finding being $7,575.27. The court refused to grant a new trial on any of the almost three score and ten grounds embraced in the motion.
The general grounds of 'the motion will not be discussed, save as to one of them, which will be considered briefly in concluding this opinion. The special grounds admit of classification thus: (A) Rulings on the admission of…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Piedmont, Etc. Life-Ins. Co. v. Ewing, Etc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
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