Standard Accident Ins. Co. v. Cherry

The suit was brought by the appellee to recover of appellant on an accident policy providing for weekly indemnity for injury suffered through external, violent, and accidental means- The appellee asked for indemnity at the rate of $15 a week for 33⅝ weeks, with the penalty of 12 per cent, and attorney’s fees. The petition alleged: “Plaintiff alleges that he received said bodily injuries through external, violent and accidental means while in the regular performance of his duty; That while attempting to put a 20(bpound block of ice in an ice box or .refrigerator, and while attempting to throw…