Bobbitt v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America

■This is an action brought by M. Marjorie Bobbitt, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, a surviving widow and the beneficiary in an insurance certificate issued to James Carroll Bobbitt in 1956 by The Order of United Commercial Travelers of America, a fraternal beneficiary society, hereinafter referred to as defendant.

The certificate provided benefits for death due to accidental means alone and independent of all other causes in the amount of $5,000. The application signed by the deceased provided that he accepted any certificate issued on the application: “* * * subject to all the…