Ellis v. Interstate Business Men's Accident Ass'n

l. insurance : ac-juries: insurer as final arbiter. It is conceded of record that the plaintiff’s intestate died March 14, 1916; that his death resulted from a gunshot wound, without any other concurring or contributing cause; and that, at the time of his death, he held a valid policy of accident ingurance in the defendant association. Suit being brought on the policy, the defendant ansAvered, denying liability on the theory that, although the death .of the insured is shown to have been caused solely by - external and violent means, proof of its accidental character is not established in the…