Selover v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.

Plaintiff brought this action upon two accident insurance policies, seeking to recover the principal sums thereof on account of the death of the insured. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict for defendant. Motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial having been denied, judgment was entered, from which plaintiff appeals.

Some years ago, the respondent insurance company issued to John W. Selover two policies of insurance, each in the principal sum of ten thousand dollars, insuring him against loss, resulting directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily…