Mulvihill v. Commercial Casualty Insurance

This action was brought to recover on a policy of accident insurance issued by the defendant to John C. Mulvihill, husband of plaintiff, the' beneficiary named in the policy.

The policy provided, among other things, that the insurance company (defendant) “ Does hereby insure John C. Mulvihill (hereinafter called the insured) * * * against bodily injuries, effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, independently and exclusively of disease, whether disease preexists or be afterwards contracted.”

*495At the close of plaintiff’s case, on motion of counsel for the defendant, the…