Railway Mail Ass'n v. Moore

SOPER, District Judge.

Anthony Moore lost his life on June 10,1922, at Coleord, W. Va., in a fire which destroyed the hotel in which he was a guest. His occupation was that of a railway postal clerk, and he was the holder of a certificate or policy of insurance in the Railway Mail Association, a corporation organized for the mutual protection and benefit of the members and their beneficiaries. The certificate provided that, if the *548death of the holder should result from accidental injuries, the association would pay $4,000 to the mother of the insured, who was named as beneficiary. After his…