Aetna Life Insurance v. Bethel

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

The appellant company issued to Dr. John T. Bethel a policy of accident insurance that was in full force at the time of his death in April 1909. In one clause, it was provided that the company in consideration of stipulated premiums would, pay the insured the—

“Sum of twenty-five dollars per week indemnity against loss of time resulting from bodily injuries effected, during the term of this insurance, through EXTERNAL, VIOLENT AND ACCIDENTAL MEANS, which shall, independently of all other causes, immediately, continuously and wholly disable him from…