Newsome v. Travelers Insurance

This was a suit upon a policy of insurance which covered “bodily injuries effected through external, violent, and accidental means,” but stipulated that it did not cover injuries “intentionally inflicted upon the insured by any other person.” The petition alleged: that the insured was -accidentally killed by being stabbed by an unknown negro, who did not know the insured and was unknown to him; that there had been no difficulty between the insured and the negro, and no provocation had been given by the insured; that the negro did not intend to kill any one, but did intend to wound- another…