Powley v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtGlennon, J.
This action was instituted by plaintiff upon two policies of life insurance issued by the defendant on November 23, 1927, for the face amount of $1,000 each. The policies provided for the payment of an additional sum of $1,000 each upon proof that the death of the assured resulted solely from bodily injuries caused directly, exclusively and independently of all other causes by external, violent and purely accidental means, provided that said death should not be the result of or be caused directly or indirectly by disease or illness of any kind.
Defendant in its answer admitted the death of the…
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