Blunt v. Fidelity and Casualty Co.

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment. The suit is upon a policy of insurance, of the kind usually designated as an accident policy, issued by the defendant to John P. Blunt for the term of twelve months. It provided that if death should result from an injury within ninety days from the time the injury was received, the defendant would pay to the wife of the insured, if she survived him, the sum of five thousand dollars. The fourth clause of the policy was as follows: “4. In ease of injuries fatal or otherwise intentionally inflicted upon himself by the assured; or inflicted upon himself or…