City of Cherokee v. Aetna Life Insurance

Mitchell, J.-

— The appellee, an insurance company, executed and delivered a policy of insurance to the city of Cherokee, Iowa, on or about the 1st day of May, 1926, insuring the employees of said city, who were members of the volunteer fire department of said city,-, against death resulting, directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries effected, during the term of the policy, solely through external, violent, and accidental means, as in the policy provided. The policy was in full force and effect in the month of January, 1931.

Calvin 0. Royer was a member of the fire…