Praetorian Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Humphrys

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The executors of the estate of the deceased, Dr. France Austin McKee, brought suit against the Praetorian Mutual Life Insurance Company to collect the additional accidental death benefits provided by certain of its insurance policies in the event death was in consequence of bodily injuries effected through accidental means, etc. We will treat the insurance in question as though by an individual policy, though there were several, the contractual provisions being common to all.

Judgment was for the executors, based upon a jury verdict, and the insurance company…