Higham v. Iowa State Travelers' Ass'n
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
At Law. Action by Olive Higham against the Iowa State Travelers’ Association. On motion to quash service of summons.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VALKENBURGH, District Judge.
Robert Higham, plaintiff’s husband, was insured in the defendant company against injury and death resulting through external, violent, and accidental means. The petition alleges that in March, 1907, the said Robert Higham received such accidental bodily'injuries which, independently of all other causes, resulted in his death. Suit is brought for the recovery of $5,-000 therefor. The defendant is a mutual insurance corporation organized, and existing under the laws of the state of Iowa, with its headquarters and only office at Des Moines, Iowa. It is not…
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