National Ass'n of Ry. Postal Clerks v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. On writ of error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of New York to review a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for $3,420.40, upon a certificate of insurance for $3,000, issued by the defendant to Winfield E. Scott for the benefit of the plaintiff, who was his wife.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The certificate issued to Scott provides that if, during its continuance, he shall receive bodily injuries “through *93external, violent and accidental means” and “if death shall result from such injuries alone within one hundred and twenty days the association will pay not to exceed $3,000 * *• * to Mary A. Scott, his wife.”
The complaint alleges that on or about November 1, 1902, at the village of Cuba “and while the said Winfield L. Scott was actually engaged in the performance of his duties as a railway postal clerk he received severe injuries by accidental, external and…
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