Husbands v. Indiana Travelers' Accident Ass'n

The appellant sued the appellee on a membership certificate of her deceased husband in the appellee association, in which certificate, the appellant was named as beneficiary in case of the death of the insured. A section of the constitution of the appellee association provided for the payment to the beneficiary named in such certificate of the sum to be realized from an assessment on the members, not exceeding $5,000, “whenever a member shall through external, violent and accidental means, receive bodily injury (subject to exceptions not here involved), which shall, independently of all other…