Harley v. Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Tennessee

John T. Harley brought suit against the Life & Casualty Company of Tennessee, upon an accident-insurance policy, alleging, in part, that when he was walking on a sidewalk in the City of Atlanta an automobile going at a rapid rate of speed in the middle of the street passed him, going in an opposite direction, and that as it passed him a nut on the wheel became detached, and, flying in a swift and violent manner, struck him in the left eye and caused the loss of sight in that eye. The defendant admitted that the policy was in force at the time of the accident, but denied liability. After the…