Riser v. Federal Life Insurance

— Appellee is the mother of the insured, and is the beneficiary named in the policy. The insured, Thomas Basil Riser, was accidentally killed, on August 3, 1926, by being thrown from a horse on which he was riding. The terms of the policy, so far as they are material to this decision, are as follows :

‘ ‘ The Company will pay for loss of life $2,000 sustained by the wrecking or disablement of any vehicle or ear operated by any private carrier or private person in which the insured is riding or by being accidentally thrown therefrom.

“This includes persons riding in or driving automobiles or any…