Walters v. Western & Southern Life Insurance

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant to recover on two life insurance policies, identical in phraseology, and technically known as “Industrial Policies Accidental Death Benefit.” They will hereafter be referred to as the policy. The policy provided that the insurance company “upon receipt of due proof of the death of the Insured, after attainment of age 5 years and prior to the attainment of age 75 years, as a result of bodily injuries caused directly, exclusively and independently of all other causes, by external violence and purely accidental means, occurring…