Prentiss v. Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'n

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

On February 27, 1937, William E. Pren-tiss applied to the defendant for a policy of accident and sick benefit insurance. The application was approved, and, on March 5, 1937, the policy was issued. It called for the payment of $5,000 in the event of the death of the insured from accidental causes. On April 11, 1937, the insured, while driving an automobile on a highway in Indiana, was injured as the result of a collision with a truck, and two days later he died from said injuries. His wife, the plaintiff, who had accompanied him, was also seriously injured. On April 28,…