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Silva v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 21, 1925PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.

This is an action of contract brought by the beneficiary named in a policy of accident insurance. The policy insured against bodily injury “sustained . . . through accidental means (excluding suicide, sane or insane, or any attempt thereat, sane or insane), and resulting directly, independently and exclusively of all other causes, in . . . death.” There was evidence which would have warranted a finding that the assured, a man about fifty-five years old, had occupied a position of responsibility in a mercantile business. Through the consolidation of several concerns he had been given a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Moss v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  2. Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  3. Sponatski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  4. Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  5. Von Ette's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  2. Murray v. Continental InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  3. Krantz v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
  4. Dow v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. Caccamo's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944

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