Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Banion

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit to recover on a policy of life insurance issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company insuring the life of Sewell S. Combs, of Casper, Wyoming, and containing a double indemnity provision in case of accidental death. Hazel Combs, wife of the insured, was the designated beneficiary if living; otherwise Lloyd Russell Combs, natural son of Hazel Combs by a former husband and adopted son of the insured, was the beneficiary. The policy was-issued in May, 1934; the first quarterly premium was paid; and the insured was shot to death in June. Hazel Combs, Lloyd…