Ætna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Action by Catherine Ryan against the TEtna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error, plaintiff in error hereinafter being called “defendant,” and defendant in error hereinafter being called “plaintiff.”
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit judge.
The plaintiff has obtained a judgment for $12,045.84 damages and costs entered against the defendant, after a trial before a judge and jury.
The action was brought by plaintiff as the beneficiary under an accident insurance policy upon the life of her husband.
The complaint alleges that the insured lost his life because of an injury he sustained while a passenger on a train of the Interborough *484Rapid Transit Company in one of its.subway stations in the city of New York. It is alleged that while he was entering the train he “sustained bodily injuries effected solely through…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- National Masonic Acc. Ass'n of Des Moines v. ShryockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Boston & Albany Railroad v. O'ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Aetna Life Insurance v. BethelCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
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- Ryan v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
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