...given to the jury, "that if the result is such as follows from ordinary means voluntarily employed1, in a not unusual or unexpected way, it cannot be called a result effected by accidental means ; but that if, in the act which precedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected or unusual occurs,...

...Acci. Asso. v. Barry, 131 US 100, 33 L. ed. 60, 9 Sup. Ct. Rep. 755, the court said that "if a result is such as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily...called a result effected by accidental means; but that if, in the act which pre42 ALR— 16. 241 U9 -VE cedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected,...

...follows in 1 CJ page 426 : 'If a result is such as follows from ordinary means, employed voluntarily and in a not unusual or unexpected way, it cannot be called a result affected by accidental means.' " In Smith v. Travelers' Ins. Co. 219 Mass. 147, LRA1915B, 872, 106...

...untoward event which is not expected or designed,"8 or "happening by chance, unexpectedly" and not from "ordinary means, voluntarily employed, in a not unusual or unexpected way,"' yet this ordinary meaning has been liberally applied. In this Scottish case a workman was upon his...

...the decisions in similar cases in Missouri and throughout the country the court Held: "If a result is such as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily...precedes the injury something unforeseen, unexpected or unusual occurs which produces the injury, then the injury resulted through accidental means." The...

...US 100, the Court adopted the direction the trial judge had given to the jury, "that if the result is such as follows from ordinary means voluntarily...called a result effected by accidental means ; but that if, in the act which precedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected, unusual occurs, which...

...to me is decisive of this case and fully sustains defendant's contention here 'that, if the result is such as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily...called a result effected by accidental means; but that if, in the act which precedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected, unusual, occurs which...

...unexpectedly taking place; not according to the usual course of things; or not as expected;' that, if a result is such as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily...called a result effected by accidental means; but that if, in the act which precedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected, unusual occurs which...

...not unusual or unexpected way, it cannot be called a result effected by accidental means; but that if, in the act which precedes the injury, something...the injury has resulted through accidental means. The jury were further told, no exception being taken, that, in considering the case, they ought not...

...as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily employed, in a not unusual or unexpected way, it can not be called a result effected by accidental means; but...unforeseen, unexpected, unusual occurs which produces injury, then the injury has resulted through accidental means. ' ' With reference to injuries by assaults...