Ætna Life Ins. v. Braukman

KENNEDY, District Judge.

The above-entitled causes were presented together upon the appeal, for the reason that the identical point is present in each case, with one additional point in the ¿Etna ease relating to interest.

The controversy involves life insurance policies carrying indemnity clauses providing for the double payment of the amount of the face of the policy in the event the insured died through accidental means. The insured here had the same type of policy in the two companies, who are appellants, and therefore the facts concerning the death are applicable in each case. The causes…