Smith v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Simpson, J., denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,049.20.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This action was brought by the widow of Frank W. Smith to recover upon an accident policy issued by the defendant company to said Smith, containing a provision that, if death should result to him within ninety days after receiving bodily injuries, caused solely by external, violent, and accidental means, said injuries being the proximate and sole cause of such death, the company would pay to the plaintiff the sum of $1,000. The issue at th'e trial was whether Mr. Smith died as the result of an accident or on account of disease, and this issue was determined by the jury in favor of the…
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