Ward v. Interstate Business Men's Accident Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — H. B. Boies, Judge. Action on an accident insurance policy. A demurrer to the answer was sustained, and, defendant having elected to stand on the ruling, judgment was entered accordingly. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
l. insurance: The defendant is á mutual assessment accident association, and, on January 31, 1916, issued a certificate of membership to G-. L. Ward, whose death on April 10, 1917, resulted from bodily injury, efsolely and independently of all other causes or conditions concurring, contributing, or intervening, through external, violent, and accidental means. Proofs of death were furnished, but the association refused to pay the $5,000 indemnity claimed. Its liability for $5,000 was denied in its answer, which alleged that, in the proofs of death furnished by plaintiff, she made oath that…
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