Unthank v. Travelers' Ins. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
[This was an action by William Unthank against the Travelers’ Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., upon an accident insurance policy.]
1Opinion of the Court
MCDONALD, District Judge.
This is an action of assumpsit on a policy of insurance. The defendant has pleaded the general issue; and pursuant to the act of congress on the subject, the parties waive a jury, and submit the trial of the issue to the court. 13 Stat. 501. The policy, among other things, provides that, if the insured should sustain bodily injuries by violent and accidental means, which should immediately and totally. disable and prevent him from the prosecution of any and every kind of business, then, on satisfactory proof of such injuries, he should be indemnified against loss of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ætna Fire Insurance v. TylerCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1836
- Harding v. ParshallIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Rathbone v. City Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
- Brown v. Kings County Fire InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1865
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- Timayenis v. Union Mutual Life Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1884