Wood v. Massachusetts Mutual Accident Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the administratrix of the estate of Henry G. Wood, to recover $5,000 upon a benefit certificate issued by the defendant to the intestate. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Hopkins, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in March, 1899, and after-wards was submitted on briefs to all the justices.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
On November 3, 1893, the defendant issued to the plaintiff’s intestate, Henry G. Wood, a benefit certificate, so called, which certified that he was entitled to the benefits herein set forth: “ In the sum named on the face of this certificate as weekly indemnity against actual loss of time, not exceeding fifty-two consecutive weeks, resulting from bodily injuries effected during the continuance of this certificate in force, through external, violent, and accidental means, which shall independently of all other causes immediately and continuously disable him from performing the duties of his…
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