Feis v. United States Insurance

Plaintiff’s son held an accident insurance policy in the defendant company. The policy provided that, in case of the death of the insured from accident, $1,000 should be paid to the beneficiary, who is the plaintiff in this case. The son died from what is claimed by the plaintiff to be the result of an accident. Defendant denied liability, pleading that the policy was void at the time the insured sustained the injury; that no notice was given of the injury within 20 days, as the policy requires; that the policy only insured “ against loss resulting directly, indenendently, and exclusively of…