Riggins v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

Mahala Riggins, mother of the insured and beneficiary under the policy of insurance in question, brought suit on said policy for the double indemnity, the insurance company having paid for death from natural causes, and this claim'being under a provision for double indemnity if death or loss resulted “directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injuries caused solely by external, violent, and purely accidental means, provided such loss shall have occurred within ninety (90) days from the date of the accident.” At the close of the evidence both the plaintiff and the defendant…