McIntyre v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Opinion by

Me. Justice Barnes,

Defendant issued an insurance policy of the face value of $3,000 covering the life of William Charles McIntyre. Plaintiff, the wife of insured and the beneficiary named in the policy, sued in assumpsit to recover an additional $3,000 under the terms of the policy, which provided for double indemnity “upon due proof that the death of the insured occurred in consequence of bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means . . . independent of all other causes. . . . ” In consequence of insured’s death, defendant paid the face amount of the…