Svihovec Ex Rel. Alkire v. Woodmen Accident Co.

Joan, Elaine, Eugene and Valeria Svihovec brought this action by their general guardian as beneficiaries of a contract of insurance, issued by the defendant to their father, Charles B. Svihovec, Jr., insuring the said Charles B. Svihovec, Jr., against loss of life by “violent, external and accidental means.” By specific exceptions the policy excluded from coverage, death by suicide or death due to the intentional acts of the insured or any other person. Under the pleadings but two facts were put at issue, the fact of the death of the insured, and the cause of his death. It is alleged in the…