Tupper v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $2,200 upon an accident insurance policy. The case was tried before Mag-ney, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and its motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for $2,400.97. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
John L. Forschner, an engineer on the lake steamer John Owen, lost his life when the steamer went down in Lake Superior in a violent storm on November 12, 1919. He carried a policy of accident insurance issued by defendant on May 13, 1918, and made payable to his sister, the plaintiif in this action. By its terms, she was entitled to receive $2,000 if he sustained bodily injuries through accidental means which directly and independently of all other causes resulted in his death, and double that amount if such injuries 'were caused by a cyclone or tornado and death resulted therefrom.…
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- Weidner v. Standard Life & Accident InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Marion v. HeimbachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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