Continental Casualty Co. v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MASON, J.:

Grant G. Johnson held a policy of insurance issued by the Continental Casualty Company, the principal purpose of which was to provide indemnity to the amount of ten dollars a week- against loss occasioned by accidental injury, its phraseology being that usually employed in contracts of that character. It also contained a provision as follows;

“The loss of . . . time, as above provided, due solely to . . . sunstroke or freezing due solely to *130necessary exposure while engaged in his occupation, shall be deemed to be due to external, violent and…