Standard Life & Accident Ins. v. Thornton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, Circuit Judge.
This is an action to recover on a contract of accident insurance evidenced by a ticket issued to Stephen P. *583Locke on the 28i:li day of December, 1897. The insurance was in the sum of $8,000, against immediate, continuous, or entire disability or death caused by bodily injuries inflicted solely by external, violent, and accidental means. 'Certain agreements and conditions are attached to the contract as conditions of the insurance, — among others, that the contract did not cover disappearance nor suicide, sane or insane; nor death nor disability resulting wholly or partly,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Travellers' Insurance v. McConkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Mt. Adams & E. P. Inclined Ry. Co. v. LoweryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Mallory v. . the Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Travelers' Ins. Co. of Hartford v. RandolphCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Sawtelle v. Railway Pass. Assur. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1878
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Jolly's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
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