Jorstad v. Benefit Assn. of Railway Employees

Hilton, Justice.

In an action brought to recover on an insurance policy because of the death of her husband plaintiff had a verdict. This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

On February 1, 1932, the defendant issued a policy of insurance to Lars A. Jorstad, in which it was provided that if his death should result from bodily injury, sustained at any time during the life of the policy, solely through external, violent, and accidental means, the defendant would pay the plaintiff, wife of the assured, the…