Conaway v. Life Ins. Co.

This case fortunately involves no controversy as to either the law or the operative facts. Bather, the task is that of applying undisputed law to undisputed facts.

The entire difficulty arises from the following language employed by the defendant insurance company in an endorsement attached to the policy:

“On account of the aviation hazard of the insured,, this policy is issued with the following amendment:

“Death as a result directly or indirectly of service,, travel or flight in or on any species of aircraft, except as a farepaying passenger in a licensed plane-operating on a regular schedule…