Doherty v. American Employers', C., Mass

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Donges, J.

Respondent brought suit to recover on a policy issued to him by the appellant, assuring certain payments in case of death or disability, resulting from bodily injuries effected solely by accidental means. Respondent had previously recovered verdicts in District Court suits for sums due at the times such suits were instituted, all growing out of the same injuries upon which the present suit is based.

The accident to respondent occurred on April 30th, 1929, and is alleged to have been sustained as respondent was cranking his automobile. The…