Cory v. Woodmen Accident Co.

This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Pike county against the appellant, Woodmen Accident Company, by the appellee, Lamina Cory, who is the beneficiary named in an accident indemnity policy issued by the appellant company to Martin C. Cory, the appellee’s husband. The appellee claims the right to recover an indemnity of $1,000, under the terms of the policy. The declaration alleges that Martin C. Cory died by external violent and accidental means; and that his death resulted directly and exclusively from a bodily injury, namely, a gunshot wound which was affected by accidental…