Maryland Casualty Co. v. Edgar
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin E. Keller, Judge. Action by Hilda Norvell Edgar against the Maryland Casualty Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McDOWELL, District Judge.
The defendant in error was the plaintiff below. This action was brought to recover $5,000 under the double indemnity clause of an accident insurance policy insuring one J. B. Edgar for the benefit of his wife, the plaintiff below. By agreement the defendant paid the plaintiff .$2,000, leaving unpaid an admitted liability of $500. In September, 1909, Edgar was so severely burned that he died. It appears that he and his wife were living in Charleston, W. Va., at the home of Mrs. Edgar’s mother, Mrs. Norvell. As the result of a sudden and heavy rainstorm, the cellar of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Wilkinson v. Ætna Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Houlihan v. . Preferred Accident Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
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- Continental Life Ins. Co. v. Malott, Admx.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1929
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