Hill v. Ætna Life Insurance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Peebles, J., and a jury, at May Term, 1908, of. Buncombe. Defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
John Hill took out an accident policy for $1,000 in the defendant company. The policy provided that, though the assured came to his death by accident, yet if it occurred through certain specified means the defendant would not be liable. One of these provisions exempted the company from liability if the assured was killed, “entering or trying to enter or leave a moving conveyance using steam as a motive power.” The answer admitted that the death occurred from injuries sustained in being run over by a railroad train, but the defendant contended that the assured received such injuries while…
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