Wheelock v. Provident Life & Acc. Co.

This is a suit on an accident insurance policy for one thousand dollars ($1000) which insures against:

“The effects resulting, without other contributing cause, from bodily injury sustained during the life of this policy, solely and exclusively through external, violent and accidental means

At the conclusion of plaintiff's proof, the court granted a peremptory instruction in favor of defendant and dismissed plaintiff’s suit. Plaintiff has appealed. The assignments of error contend that there is evidence to justify a verdict for plaintiff, and that the case should have been left to the jury.

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