LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENNESSEE
v.
BAREFIELD

U.S. | 1934-03-05
No. 509
291 U.S. 575 Supreme Court of the United States (1934) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 78 L. Ed. 999 · 54 S. Ct. 486 · 1934 U.S. LEXIS 518 · SCDB 1933-097
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Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Cardozo

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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