New York Life Insurance v. Greber

New York Life Insurance Company, a corporation, hereinafter called defendant, issued a policy of life insurance to one David Greber, hereinafter called the insured, on April 14, 1925. By the terms of the policy defendant agreed to pay the sum of $1,000 upon receipt of due proof of the death of insured, or $2,000 “upon receipt of due proof that the death of the Insured before the maturity of the Endowment resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental cause.” The insured died on June 4, 1936, and defendant…