Legal Opinion

Carter v. Aetna Life Insurance

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1940No. 27,374PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSwaim, J.

This was an action brought to recover on the double indemnity provision of a policy of insurance, issued by the appellee upon the life of George W. Price, which action was predicated on the theory that the insured suffered an accidental fall in his bathroom on January 8, 1932, which inflicted such injuries as were the proximate and dominant cause of his death. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellee insurance company, and from the judgment entered thereon this appeal is prosecuted.

The only error assigned was the action of the trial court in overruling the appellants’ motion for a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Continental Casualty Co. v. LloydIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Cousins v. GlassburnIndiana Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Stalker v. BreezeIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Stewart v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co. v. ThornburgIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  2. Palmer v. DeckerIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Freeman v. Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. of LouisvilleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1971
  4. Vance v. WellsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1959
  5. McClure v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1951

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