Legal Opinion
Senn v. Old American Ins.
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided April 22, 1954No. Civ. A. No. 3679Published
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, District Judge,
(sitting by designation)
This matter was tried before me on stipulated facts, together with certain additional testimony. It appears that in January, 1949, George Lee Senn procured from the defendant a policy of accident insurance. The policy is of the type commonly denominated “limited” or “ticket policy”, and all dealings thereabout between the parties were through the mails.
The policy provides that it shall not cover “any person who has lost any member or the sight of both eyes”. George Senn had, about 1909 or 1910, lost his left foot by severance, but this fact was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stoner v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Cantey, Adm'r v. Phila. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
- Kansas City Life Ins. Co. v. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- Zinken v. Melrose Granite Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- Benham v. Kentucky Central Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
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