Gresham v. Equitable Accident Insurance

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

The policy covered bodily injuries inflicted by external, violent and accidental means. It excepted, however, various classes of accidental injuries which might be embraced in these general terms, among them those caused by duelling, fighting, wrestling, etc.; and those happening in consequence of voluntary exposure to unnecessary danger, hazard or perilous adventure, or while engaged in, or in consequence of, any unlawful act; and all injuries the result of design, either on the part of the claimant or any other person. It may be conceded that the homicide was…