Pack v. Prudential Casualty Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll.

Affirming.

In March, 1913, Garfield Pack secured an accident and health insurance policy in the Prudential Casualty Co., with a death benefit of one thousand dollars. The beneficiary of the policy was his wife, the appellant, Julia Pack.

The policy stipulated that it insured Garfield Pack “against death or loss of time on account of disability resulting directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries sustained through external, violent and accidental means. * * *” And under the heading “special death indemnity” there was this clause:

“If…