North American Acc. Ins. v. Gulick

Ida Paine Gulick, defendant in error, was the wife of Horatio F. Gulick, and beneficiary in an accident policy upon his life issued by defendant in error. He was killed at Woods Run, a station on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, just west of the city of Allegheny in the state of Pennsylvania. The questions made arise upon a construction to be given to a provision of the policy. The policy is for $3,000, and the proviso is as follows:

“The sum of one-twentieth of the amount named in clause ‘D’ in the case of accidental death; or one-fifth of the amount named in clause ‘A’ per week…