Jones v. Travelers Protective Ass'n of America

STRUM, District Judge.

Defendant Travelers Protective Association issued to Cornelius Frazier Jones a certificate of membership and insurance in said association, by which the defendant promised to pay insured’s beneficiary the sum of $5,000 in event of the death of the insured exclusively from bodily injuries sustained through external, violent, and accidental means. Insured died on June 17, 1933, from injuries thus sustained on June 15, 1933. Defendant denies liability, and insured’s beneficiary sues to recover on the policy.

The policy and by-laws of the defendant require the insured to pay…