Standard Acc. Ins. of Detroit v. Hoehn

Suit on a .policy of accident insurance. Insured, deceased, being at the t-ime in the discharge of his duties as a locomotive engineer happened to an accident in which his heel was broken, and the evidence adequately opened the way to a finding by the jury that he was otherwise hurt; but of other hurt there was no external or visible sign. This was on May 20, 1924. Following his injury insured was confined to an hospital for 10 days and thereafter to his home until his death, July 1, 1924. The defense was that insured died , of disease and hence that the contingency of his death was not…