Perry v. North American Accident Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Katzenbach, J.

On November 6th, 1925, Mortimer L. Perry was killed by being thrown from a motorcycle on which he was riding when the motorcycle collided with a motor truck. At the time of his death Perry was insured under an accident policy issued on January 20th, 1925, by the North American Accident Insurance Company, the' respondent (the defendant below). The policy was for the term of one year. The premium paid by Perry for the term of the policy was fifty cents. The policy insured Perry against “death or disability resulting directly and…