Planters' Bank of Tunica v. New York Life Ins.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

On October 4, 1921, the New York Life Insurance Company, defendant in error, issued its policy on the life of Simon Caplan for $25,000. The policy provided for payment of double indemnity in the event that “the death of the insured resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent, and accidental cause.” The policy also provided that *603“this double indemnity benefit will not apply if the insured’s death resulted from self-destruction, whether sane or insane.” The policy further provided: “In the event of…