Supreme Court of the United States, 1934

Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn. v. Barefield

Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn. v. Barefield
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 5, 1934 · Cardozo
291 U.S. 575; 54 S. Ct. 486; 78 L. Ed. 999; 1934 U.S. LEXIS 518 (United States Reports)

Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn. v. Barefield

Opinion

Mr. Justice Cardozo

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In a suit upon a policy of accident insurance, the respondent recovered a judgment in,iaccot'dance with a stipulation declaring the extent of/the liability if the insurer was liable at all.

Attorney’s fees and twelve per cent damages were added to the recovery in accordance with- the statute. Section 6155, Arkansas Digest, Crawford & Moses, 1921.

The case presents the same question as No. 89, Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. McCray, ante, p. 566, and is ruled by that decision.

The judgment is

Affirmed.

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