Fane v. National Ass'n of Railway Postal Clerks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Daniel E, Fane, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 5th day of June, 1920, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbs, J.:
The plaintiff in this action w.as insured by the defendant' against personal accidental injuries. The certificate issued by the defendant contained the following clause: “ If the holder of this certificate shall receive bodily injuries during the continuance of this certificate through external, violent and accidental means ” he shall be entitled to recover, etc. The plaintiff was a railway postal clerk. On the 20th day of October, 1916, at Binghamton, while in the performance of his duties, he was engaged in piling heavy mail bags on a stack seven or eight feet high. While doing…
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