Anderson v. Inter-State Business Men's Accident Ass'n

Orpha Anderson, plaintiff, as beneficiary in an accident insurance policy, recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county against defendant, the Inter-State Business Men’s Accident Association of Des Moines, Iowa. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment, and the cause is here on certiorari.

The suit was instituted in 1921 to recover under the policy for the alleged death of plaintiff’s husband, Ralph A. Anderson, the insured. It is claimed he was accidentally drowned in Lake Michigan on June 11, 1919. The declaration consisted of a single count, setting out…