Wilcox v. Massachusetts Protective Ass'n

This is an action of contract, brought by the plaintiff as beneficiary named in an insurance policy issued by the defendant company to her husband, Harry L. Wilcox, on January 9, 1924, insuring against loss resulting "from (1) bodily injuries effected directly and independently of all other causes by accidental means (excluding self-destruction, or any attempt thereat, while sane or insane); and (2) disability from disease.” By the terms of the policy the beneficiary was entitled to receive $5,000, the principal sum under it if the injuries received by the insured resulted in death, within…