Travelers Insurance v. Connolly
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the 'Superior Court of Baltimore City (HErnsnER, J.). Action by Clara D. Connolly against the Travelers Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant .appeals.
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Appeal from the 'Superior Court of Baltimore City (HErnsnER, J.). Action by Clara D. Connolly against the Travelers Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant .appeals. Plaintiff’s -prayer was as follows: 'The court instructs the jury that where death results from a pistol shot wound, self destruction is not presumed, but the law presumes the wound was the result of accident; and the burden of proof in this case is upon the defendant to show by a fair preponderance of testimony that the shot was intentionally self-inflicted, and that it was not the result of accident; and…
1Opinion of the CourtAdkins, J.
This is a suit upon a life insurance policy and the defence is suicide.
Vincent A. Connolly, the insured, was found dying in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, on the afternoon of October 6th, 1921, and within a few minutes thereafter died from a pistol shot wound in the head. His life was insured by two policies issued by The Travelers Insurance Company in the sum of $5,000 each. In each of them was a clause providing that
“In case of suicide committed while sane or insane, within one year from the date on which this insurance shall become effective, the limit of recovery hereunder shall be the…
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