Pride v. Continental Casualty Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered December 30, 1911, upon findings in favor of the defendant, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on an accident insurance policy.
1Opinion of the CourtMourns, J.
In this action appellant seeks to recover as beneficiary in a policy of insurance issued to her son, Elmo Pride, covering death through “external, violent and purely accidental means.” The case was tried by the court without a jury, and findings and judgment having been entered in favor of respondent, this appeal follows.
Elmo Pride was, on March 4, 1910, the day the policy was issued, an employee of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, as a roundhouse man, at Vancouver. The amount of the policy was $1,000, and the annual premium $20.40, which was to be paid in four monthly…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Life & Accident Insurance v. LokeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Mutual Reserve Life Insurance v. DoblerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1905
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. DoroughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1901
- Standard Life & Accident Ins. v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1898
- National Acc. Soc. of New York v. DolphCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1899
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