Dewey v. Abraham Lincoln Life Insurance

This is an action on an accident insurance policy. On the 30th day of January, 1929, the defendant company issued an accident policy to R. L. Dewey, which policy was in full force and effect on the date of the death of the insured. The plaintiff in this action was the beneficiary named in the policy. Upon the trial of the case the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.

The policy in suit provided for the payment to the beneficiary of $1,000 in the event that the insured should die from:

“Sec. (a). The effects resulting independently and exclusively of all…