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BACON v. LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENN.

No. 1741.

121 A.2d 724 (1956)

Willard H. BACON, trading as Willard H. Bacon Funeral Home, Appellant, v. LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF TENNESSEE, a Corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 3, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Saul, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Kenneth Wells Parkinson, Washington, D. C., with whom Roger Robb, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Acting Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired), sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

CAYTON, Acting Associate Judge.

The life of James F. Holmes was insured by a life and accident policy. After his death the policy was assigned to plaintiff, Bacon Funeral Home, which brought this action. The insurance company contended that there was no liability under the policy which insured against death by "* * * violent, external, and accidental means * * * while standing [or] walking * * * on a public highway." The...

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