Travelers Insurance v. Newsome

The beneficiary in a policy of insurance brought suit against the insurer for damages on account of the death of the insured. By its terms the policy covered “bodily injuries effected through external, violent, and accidental means,” but provided that it should not cover injuries “intentionally inflicted upon the insured by any other person.” It was averred that the deceased was accidentally killed by being stabbed by an unknown negro, who did not know the1 deceased and was unknown to him; that there had been no difficulty between the deceased and the negro and no provocation had been given…