Wright v. Continental Life Insurance

Richard T. Sandgren, in his lifetime, purchased for one dollar a policy of accident insurance in the respondent company. Across the face of the policy in red letters appeared this warranty:

“This is a Limited Policy.” This statement represented truthfully the character of the insurance issued.

Among the provisions was one that death occasioned “by being accidentally thrown from” an automobile would be compensated for.

The testimony in the case showed that Sandgren, while a passenger in an auto truck, was killed by having his head come in contact with an upright of a bridge through which the…