Farmer v. Railway Mail Assn.

This is an action on an insurance policy issued by defendant, insuring plaintiff's husband against bodily injuries, resulting in death, received through external, violent, and accidental means.

The trial, with a jury, resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for $3,000, and judgment was entered accordingly. From the order of the court granting defendant a new trial, on the ground that defendant's instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence ought to have been given, plaintiff appeals.

The insured died as the result of a sunstroke suffered on July 11, 1930. At the time of his death the…