Baltimore Life Insurance v. Fahrney
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. (Henderson, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtPattison, J.
The appellant, the Baltimore Life Insurance Company, on the 6th day of August, 1915, issued an insurance policy on the life of John Calvin Fahmey with the appellee, Bose Alba Fahmey, named as beneficiary.
*224On the morning of April 20th, 1916, the insured was found by his wife in a dying condition upon the floor of his bedroom, in his residence in Hagerstown, Maryland, with a gash upon the left side of his throat, which severed the external jugular vein. He died shortly after being discovered by his wife from hemorrhage resulting from the severance of the vein.
Upon the appellant’s refusal to pay…
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