Newman v. Standard Accident Insurance

ELLISON, P. J. —

Plaintiff held an accident policy of insurance issued to Mm by defendant in the principal sum of $7500.- He was bunting rabbits and while getting through a wire fence his gun was discharged into his left hand, so that it became necessary to amputate the thumb and the next, or index, finger. The *160policy contained the following provision: “For the loss of thumb and index finger of either hand by severance at or above metacarpophalangeal joints, one-third of the principal sum” of $7500. Other parts of the policy provided for weekly indemnity for loss of time arising from other…