Legal Opinion
Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 6, 1940PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is an action by the beneficiary of an accident insurance policy to recover the amount of $5,000, which was to be paid if the insured should suffer an accidental injury “that is the sole cause of death” resulting within ninety days after the accidental injury, disease not being a contributory cause of the accidental injury or death. The insured was the plaintiff’s son, Upham Sargent, a young man of twenty-one, financially comfortable, mentally well-balanced, vigorous, athletic, resourceful, courageous, a good swimmer, and of some experience in living in wild country without provisions.…
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