Kingsley v. American Central Life Ins.

Charles Clay Kingsley was found dead in his garage in the city of Ann Arbor on April 11, 1930, and it is conceded that his death was caused by the inhalation of carbon monoxide gas. He had at that time a policy of insurance in the defendant company, in which the plaintiff, his wife, was named as beneficiary, which provided that the company should pay double the amount of the insurance therein provided for in case of death “in direct consequence of bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means,” but which excepted from such double payment ‘ ‘ death resulting…