Hooper v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance

— Plaintiff is the widow of "William H. Hooper, who died on the 31st of March, 1909. He *210left what is known as an accident policy, issued to him by the defendant company, for the sum of two thousand dollars, payable to plaintiff. She brought this action alleging the death to have resulted from an accident. The death was not disputed, but defendant denied it was caused by an accident. The judgment in the trial court was for the defendant.

It appears that deceased who, at his death was about fifty-five years of age, was a large man, weighing more than two hundred pounds, and in appearance was…