Coburn v. Travelers' Insurance

The policy upon which the plaintiff seeks to recover is known as an accident policy. It insured F. C. Coburn in the sum of ten dollars a week against loss of time, not exceeding twenty-six weeks, “ resulting from bodily injuries effected during the term of this insurance, through external, violent, and accidental means,” which should wholly disable him from transacting the business of his occupation; or if death should “ result from such injuries within ninety days,” the defendant agreed to pay to his wife Adelaide the sum of two thousand dollars. The policy thus written had on the back of it…