Young v. Travelers Insurance

This action was brought by Anna Katherine Young, as executrix of the estate of John R. Young, deceased, against the Travelers Insurance Company, a corporation, to recover upon an accident insurance policy. Her cause of action is based upon the claim that John R. Young, on October 23, 1918, prior to boarding the steamship “Princess Sophia” at Skagway, Alaska, to take passage to Vancouver, British Columbia, purchased from an agent of the insurance company a policy of insurance under which $5,000 was payable if the insured lost his life through the wreck of the steamship. It is admitted that the…