Eby v. Travelers Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 393, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 221, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Jennie A. Eby v. The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Sadler, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $7,702.50 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. were rulings on evidence and instructions to the jury.
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Appeal, No. 393, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 221, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Jennie A. Eby v. The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Sadler, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $7,702.50 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. were rulings on evidence and instructions to the jury. There was no competent proof that the death of the insured resulted from the accident. The declarations of the deceased as to the facts…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This suit was brought on an accident insurance policy by which the .defendant company agreed to pay the plaintiff $7,500 in case of the death of her husband “resulting from bodily injuries, effected directly .and independently of all other causes, through external, violent and accidental means.”
The plaintiff alleges in her statement that her husband, Ben Eby, died on April 13,1916, and that his death was caused solely by an accident within the terms of the policy; that about eight o’clock on the morning of that day, while he was brushing his teeth, a number of…
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