Legal Opinion
Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Zimmerman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1935No. Nos. 7586, 7587PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, Nellie F. Zimmerman, in September, 1929, brought two separate suits on policies of insurance on the life of her husband, Albert H. Zimmerman, alleging in one count that the insured died August 24, 1927, and that she was entitled to recover the face of the policy, and in a second count that the death resulted from external, violent, and accidental' means, to wit, drowning, whereby a double indemnity was due. The suits were tried together, and on .June 2, 1934, verdicts were rendered in favor of the defendants on the second count but in favor of the plaintiff…
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- Arnall Mills v. SmallwoodCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
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