Stephens v. Railway Officials' & Employes' Accident Ass'n

Citations

• 75 Miss. 84

Syllabus

<p>1. INSURANCE. Accident insurance. Interpretation of policy. Contracts.</p> <p>The maxim noscitwr a sociis may be resorted to in the intrepretation of a clause of doubtful meaning in an accident insurance policy.</p> <p>2. Same. Case.</p> <p>Where an accident insurance policy provides one measure of indemnity where the injuries or death result from external, violent and accidental means which leave a visible mark on the body, and another where no such mark is left, and following the second class there is an independent clause which provides that the association shall pay only one-tenth of the indemnity payable for injuries or deaths of the first class where the insured shall suffer an injury of the second class, which shall appear by an autopsy to have contributed to his death, or if “ such injuries or death ” shall resixlt from the intentional acts of another person, the principle of nos-cttur a sociis affords a guide for the interpretation of such independent clause, which will not be suffered to limit a recovery of the full amount of the indemnity provided for injuries or deaths of the first class in a case where the head of the insured has been split open by another person.</p>