Legal Opinion
Mid-Continent Life Ins. Co. v. Dunnington
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 8, 1936No. 26725PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBayless, J.
George W. Meng, now deceased, had a policy of insurance with the Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company, a corporation. Among the benefits provided therein were certain payments for “bodily injury effected solely through external violent and purely accidental means.”
Meng and his family entertained guests one night, among whom was Adam Deal, a distant relative. Drinks were served. When the guests were leaving, Meng', in a moment of exuberation, induced as he admits by reason of high spirits induced by the a’co-hol he had imbibed, tweaked Deal’s nose. Whereupon Deal struck him in the eye, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Union Accident Co. v. WillisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Lincoln Health & Accident Ins. Co. v. JohniganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
3Cited by9 opinions
- Chester Ellis Pendergraft, a Minor v. Commercial Standard Fire & Marine Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Connecticut Indemnity Co. v. NestorMichigan Court of Appeals · 1966
- Terry v. National Farmers Union Life Insurance Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1960
- Cooper v. New York Life Ins.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
- Bernhard v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNebraska Supreme Court · 1938
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