Metropolitan Casualty Ins. v. Shelby
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Forest county. Hon. P. B. Johnson, Judge. Suit by Joe Shelby against the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts°are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
The appellee, Joe Shelby, instituted this action at law in the circuit court of Forrest county against the Metropolitan Insurance Company. In his declaration he avers that the insurance company had issued and delivered to bim an accident policy in the principal sum of seven thousand, five hundred dollars.; that among other things this policy promised to pay to him three-fifths of the principal sum, to wit, four thousand, five hundred dollars, should he, during the life of the policy, ‘ ‘ sustain the loss of one hand by severance at or above the wrist, and in addition *279thereto the stun of fifty…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- LaForce v. Williams City Fire InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891
- Stix v. Travelers Indemnity Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Wiest v. United States Health & Accident InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Stark v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Jacobs v. New York Life InsuranceMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
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