Salinger v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

Tbe-appellee company insured tbe appellant, Joseph Salinger “against bodily injury sustained — through accidental means — and resulting directly, independently and exclusively of all other causes” in total or partial disability. Salinger was a merchant in Shelbyville, and while in the act of lifting a bundle of boxes filled with corsets and weighing about twenty-four pounds, to a shelf somewhat higher than his head, he noticed that he could not distinctly see the numbers upon the boxes. Thinking the trouble was with his glasses, Salinger removed…