Linnen v. Commercial Casualty Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This action is based on a policy of accident insurance issued by the defendant company to one William Waites. It was provided in the policy that, in case of death of the .insured through external, violent, and accidental means, the beneficiary named, therein, Martha Linnen, mother of Waites, would be indemnified in the sum of $500. The policy also contained the following provision, pertinent to the decision of this case:

“In the event of any claim for * * * death * * * resulting from accident * * * due directly or indirectly * * * to…