McHugh v. New England Mutual Life Insurance

These are actions of contract, begun on January 9, 1942, by the beneficiary of policies of insurance issued upon the life of her husband, James J. McHugh, who died on May 29, 1941. The face amount of each policy, $5,000, has been paid. The action against the New England company is brought to recover the additional sum, equal to the face amount of the policy, payable in case of “death of the insured ... in consequence of . . . bodily injury effected solely through external, violent, and accidental means, which injury is evidenced by a visible contusion or wound on the exterior of the body or…