Arthurs v. National Postal Transport Ass'n

October 13, 1953, Walter Roy Ar-thurs was on duty in the railway mail car of a Northern' Pacific tráin which traveled between Spokane and Coulee City. He was sixty-five years old and had been an employee of the railway mail sérvice for forty-three years. There was in existence at that time beneficiary department certificate No. 19182 of the Railway Mail Association (predecessor of appellant), which entitled Mr. Arthurs’ beneficiary to the sum of four thousand dollars if he should die as a result of bodily injuries “through external, violent and accidental means.” The certificate contained the…