Legal Opinion
Strother v. Business Men's Accident Association of America
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 3, 1916PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from Jackson Circnit Court. — Hon. O. A. Lucas, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
Thomas O. McCarty held an accident policy issued by the defendant, an assessment accident insurance company organized under the laws of Missouri. In case of his death by accident, the *719policy provided for the payment of $5000' to his estate. However, it contained the following provision:
“This policy does not cover . . . any injury, fatal or otherwise, intentionally inflicted by the insured (sane or insane) or by any other person (sane or insane) except it be established'that the assault was committed for the sole purpose of burglary or robbery.”
' While the policy was in force, McCarty was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Travellers' Insurance v. McConkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Utter v. Travelers' InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Lovelace v. Travelers' Protective Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Continental Casualty Co. v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Phelan v. Travelers' InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. SargentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. HymesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- Cooper v. National Life Insurance Co. of the United StatesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1923
- Business Men's Indemnity Assn. v. WashburnIndiana Court of Appeals · 1927
- Home Beneficial Life Insurance v. PartainCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
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