Williams v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Mr. Presiding Justice Edwards

delivered the opinion of the court.

Lou P. Williams, at the date of his death, July 6, 1931, was the holder of a policy of life insurance in The Prudential Insurance Company of America, appellant herein. The face of the policy was $5,000, and in addition, the contract contained a provision for an accidental death benefit of $5,000," if such, death occurred, while the policy was in force, “as a result directly and independently of all other causes, of bodily injuries, effected solely through external, violent and accidental means.” Contained also in the same…