Coad v. Travelers' Insurance

A policy of accident insurance was issued to plaintiff in error, also plaintiff below, by the defendant insurance company, in which it was provided that the insurance was “against loss of time not exceeding 26 consecutive weeks resulting from bodily injuries effected during the ierm of this insurance, through external, violent and accidental means, which shall, independently of all other causes, immediately and wholly disable him from transacting any and every kind of business pertaining to his occupation.” In the policy the occupation was given as a capitalist, it being a preferred…