INDEPENDENT LIFE &c. CO. v. HOPKINS

32738.

80 Ga. App. 348 (1949)

56 S.E.2d 177

INDEPENDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. v. HOPKINS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 4, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Langdale, Smith & Tillman, H. B. Edwards, for plaintiff in error.

Odum & Young, contra.


TOWNSEND, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. (a) In order to entitle the plaintiff to recover, the evidence must authorize the jury to find, (1) that compliance has been had with the terms of the policy, and (2) that death resulted through external, violent and accidental means. When this is shown by prima facie evidence, the burden then shifts to the defendant to disprove the plaintiff's case or to show that death resulted from the intentional act or acts...

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