Moore v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance

Action upon policy of insurance. At the trial below defendant did not contest its liability under the policy to plaintiff, the beneficiary named therein, in the sum of $2,500, the "face amount" of the policy.

It is provided in the policy that defendant will pay double this amount, if the death of the insured results, within ninety days after the occurrence of the injury, directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, "while the insured is sane and sober."

The death of the insured resulted from bodily injuries,…