Mutual of Omaha Insurance v. Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.

This is a suit by the Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, as Executor of the last will and testament of Dr. James P. Sharon, Deceased, to recover death benefits of $5,000 for his death by accident “independently and exclusively of disease and other causes,” under the following provision of the insurance policy in question, to wit:

“If the Insured shall, through, accidental means, sustain bodily injuries as described in the Insuring* Clause, which shall, independently and exclusively of disease and all other causes, immediately, continuously and wholly disable the Insured from the date of…