Leora K. Beams v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company

Deceased was insured under a life insurance policy issued by appellee company. Appellant beneficiary sought to recover under a double indemnity clause of that policy. The policy provided that double indemnity for accidental death would be paid or if death occurred “as a result of bodily injuries sustained solely through external, violent and accidental means, directly and independently of all other causes * * * ” and that no payments would be made thereunder for any loss caused “wholly or partly, directly or indirectly, by * * * disease, or bodily or mental infirmity, or medical or surgical…