Briggs v. Bankers Accident Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Thomas M. Habéis, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Graves
delivered the opinion of the court.
Emery Edward Briggs was killed on September 14, 1916, by being struck by an automobile while he was walking in the public highway. At the time of his death he held a policy of insurance against the effects resulting directly and solely from bodily injuries received through external, violent and accidental means, which cause total disability immediately and continuously from date of accident, and against the effects of bodily sickness or disease.
This suit was brought by the administrator of the estate of Emery Edward Briggs,…
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