Collins v. Casualty Co. of America

This is an action by the beneficiary named in a. policy of accident insurance to recover for the death of the insured. The insured on December 15, 1910, went from his office with a coal hod to get some coal from a coal bin near by. While returning with the coal he slipped, fell and ruptured himself. It was in evidence and must be taken to have been conceded, that the insured, from birth had a predisposition to rupture because the inguinal canal was not closed as it ought to have been, but that by virtue of his muscles the opening had been kept shut until the accident here in question. There…