Thorne v. Aetna Life Insurance

Lees, C.

Appeal from the denial of defendant’s motion in the alternative for judgment or a new trial of an action brought on a policy of accident insurance made payable to plaintiffs in case of the death of the insured, who was their brother. It was stipulated in the policy that plaintiffs were to receive $10,000 if the insured lost his life as the result of bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means. The insured died February 9, 1921. The cause of death was lobar pneumonia. The complaint alleged that he sustained accidental injuries on February 2, 1921,…