Meister v. General Accident Corp.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. This is an action wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover upon an accident insurance policy, for the death, of her husband, who was shot and killed by one Emil Spranger. The sole issue developed by the pleadings is as to whether the death was caused by accident.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. This is an action wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover upon an accident insurance policy, for the death, of her husband, who was shot and killed by one Emil Spranger. The sole issue developed by the pleadings is as to whether the death was caused by accident. The cod1 plaint, upon this subject, follows the language of the contract of insurance, and reads thus: “That the said Henry Meister, deceased,-met with his death on March 4, 1917, and that said death was caused directly, solely and independently of all other causes, by external,…
1Opinion of the CourtBenson, J.
The contention of appellant is, that there is evidence in the record which would justify the submission of the case to the jury upon the issue as to whether or not the death was accidental. The evidence is brief, consisting of the testimony of the plaintiff herself, and the policy of insurance. The plaintiff testified simply that the deceased was her husband; that on March 4, 1917, Spranger shot him with a revolver; that he died from the wound so inflicted, and *98that she is the beneficiary named in the contract of insurance; that on the afternoon of the day when the shooting occurred, she and…
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