Legal Opinion
Kansas City Life Ins. Co. v. Wells
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1943No. 12437, 12438PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, as beneficiary, brought this suit to recover on the double indemnity provision of a life insurance policy issued by the defendant on the life of Ned Wells who was instantly killed near Moorhead, Minnesota, on October 30, 1941, in the crash of a common carrier airplane in which he was riding as a paid passenger. The defendant paid the face of the policy but refused to pay the double indemnity, and this suit resulted. The case was submitted to the court without a jury, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
The double indemnity…
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