Currie v. Continental Casualty Co.

In December, 1905, the defendant is*sued to Eben Currie, husband of the plaintiff, an indemnity policy in the sum of $1,000. At the time the policy issued the insured was a resident of Wapello County, Iowa, and the policy contained the following clause: “This policy covers only injuries received within the United States (not including its parts beyond the seas), Mexico and Canada.” In June, 1906, Mr. Currie accepted a position as a locomotive engineer in the engineering department of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and soon thereafter went to the Isthmus of Panama and took charge of a railroad…