Indemnity Ins. v. Sloan

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Dixon C. Sloan, the insured in this case, lost an eye accidentally while polishing glass in a glassworks at Lonaeoning, Md., and brought a suit, later removed to the District Court, against the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America on two policies of accident insurance, claiming the sum of $10,000 under one of said policies, and $10,500' under the other. The insurance company denied any liability, but defended chiefly on the ground that its liability on both policies was limited to the sum of $500 because the accident occurred while the insured was doing an act…