McCowan v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

The parties to this proceeding appear here in the same order as in the trial court and we hereinafter refer to them as plaintiff and defendant.

April 21st, 1930, defendant issued an insurance policy on the life of Edward M. McCowan for $1000.00. Included in the policy was a double indemnity provision whereby insurer agreed to pay an additional $1000.00, in the event of death of the insured “from bodily injuries caused * * * by accidental means.” There also was a provision that the double indemnity benefit “does not include death resulting from or caused directly or indirectly by…