COLONIAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. v. WAGNER


380 S.W.2d 224 (1964)

COLONIAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Zelda WAGNER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, for appellant.

Frank G. Gilliam, William S. Black, Lexington, for appellee.


MOREMEN, Judge.

On January 11, 1960, Warren G. Shockley walked into the Phoenix Hotel in Lexington where he shot and killed Warren F. Wagner, an employee of the hotel. Shockley was indicted for murder. At his trial on this charge, one of his defenses was that he was of unsound mind and without sufficient reason to know right from wrong, or that as a result of mental unsoundness he had not had sufficient will power to govern his action because of some insane impulse...

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