Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'n v. Witte

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

On August 26, 1953, the appellant, a cooperative membership insurance association domiciled in New York, issued to James E. Witte a certificate insuring him in the amount of $10,000 against loss of life “caused directly, exclusively, independently of disease, bodily infirmity or any other cause, by accidental bodily injuries resulting solely from and caused solely by external and accidental violence.” The appellee, Virginia M. Witte, his wife, was named the beneficiary. On November 13, 1958, while the policy was still in force, Witte died as the result of a wound in his…