Standard Acc. Ins. v. Van Altena

ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.

The action was upon a policy of accident insurance issued in 1912 by appellant, indemnifying appellee’s husband “against disability or death effected directly, exclusively and independently of all other causes from accidental bodily injuries, through external and violent means, except when self-inflicted while sane or insane * * The verdict and judgment were for appellee, the beneficiary of the policy, for its full face with interest.

The complaint charged that the insured came to his death January 23,1932, by bodily injuries through external and violent means, and…