Legal Opinion

Barry v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'n

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin

Decided March 15, 1885PublishedCited by 10 opinions

At Law.

1Opinion of the Court

Dyer, J., (charging jury.)

On the twenty-third day of June, 1882, the defendant association issued to John S. Barry, then residing at "Vulcan, Michigan, but since deceased, what may be termed a contract of insurance, by which it agreed to pay his wife, Theresa A. Barry, a sum not exceeding $5,000, within 60 days after sufficient proof that, at any time within the continuance of membership of Dr. Barry in the association, he had sustained bodily injuries, effected through external, violent, and accidental means, and that such bodily injuries alone had occasioned death within 90 days from the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Southard v. Railway Passengers Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1868
  2. Whitehouse v. Travelers' Ins. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire · 1877

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dezell v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  2. Carter v. Standard Acc. Ins.Utah Supreme Court · 1925
  3. McAuley v. Casualty Co. of AmericaMontana Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Feis v. United States InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Mutual Life Ins. v. SchenkatCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932

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