Lawrence v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The appeal is from a judgment rendered in the First District Court of the City of Newark, the judge sit ting without a jury. The action was on an indemnity policy wherein one Lippold was insured "against bodily injury sustained during the life of this policy directly and independently of all other causes through accidental means.” Lippold assigned his claim to Lawrence.

The case was settled by the trial judge for the appeal and certified to us in the following language:

"The suit is brought upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to…