Rieger v. Mut. Ins. Co. of N.Y.

This is an action on a life insurance policy. So far as pertinent here the policy is as follows:

"The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York promises to pay, upon receipt of due proof of the death of Walter E. Rieger, the insured, two thousand dollars, (the face amount of this policy) to his wife, Mamie F. Rieger, the beneficiary, or, if there further be received due proof that such death resulted directly from bodily injury, independently and exclusively of all other causes, and that such bodily injury was effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, promises to pay to…