Harter v. Country Mutual Insurance

JUDGE CARROLL

delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the executors of the estates of Omar N. Harter and Helena Karr Harter, to recover certain death benefits allegedly due the said estates under an insurance policy issued by defendant on a 1954 Packard automobile registered in the name of Omar N. Harter, which will be referred to as the insured vehicle. The claim to benefits arose from a fatal accident while decedents were riding in a 1956 Packard. The policy upon which plaintiff’s case is predicated provides in substance that if the insured’s death or that of his spouse…