Travelers Insurance v. Jackson

The record discloses that there was pending in the district court of Muscatine County an action entitled Stafford v. Travelers Insurance Company. This action was upon a policy of accident insurance issued by the defendant therein, upon the life of W. R. Jayne, since deceased. The beneficiary in such policy was Stella Jayne, the widow of the insured, and the action was instituted by her in the first instance. She died pending the- action, and her administrator, Stafford, was substituted as plaintiff. In such action the plaintiff alleged that the cause of the death of said Jayne was accidental,…