Dent v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.

McFADDEN, Justice.

Respondent Dent, as the administrator of the estate of Harry M. Williams, deceased, instituted this action against appellant Hardware Mutual Casualty Co., to recover on an automobile insurance policy issued Dr. Williams which contained, as one of its insuring agreements, the following:

“[The company agrees] To pay the principal sum stated in the policy declarations [$10,000] in the event of the death of the insured which shall result directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury caused by accident and sustained by the insured while in * * * an automobile *

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