OCCIDENTAL LIFE INS. CO. CAL. v. BARNES

No. 39860.

226 Miss. 396 (1956)

84 So.2d 423

OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. BARNES.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.H. Dale, Sebe Dale, Jr., Columbia, for appellant.

Henry Mounger, Hall & Callender, Ernest Duff, Maurice Dantin, Columbia, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

This is a suit by the beneficiary in an insurance policy issued by appellant on the life of Andrew Barnes. Barnes was stabbed to death by L.C. Bass, and the appellee contends that the death of insured was the result "directly and independently of all other causes from accidental bodily injuries." The sole question is whether Andrew Barnes died as the result of an accident, within the meaning of the policy.

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