Jack K. Bewley, of the Estate of W. E. Bewley, Deceased v. American Home Assurance Company, Merle E. Bewley v. Associated Indemnity Corporation

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants were beneficiaries to accidental death insurance policies issued by the two companies named above, which companies were defendants in the trial court. The district court granted the defendants’ motions for directed verdicts. Following denial of plaintiffs’ post-trial motions, they appealed.

The insured, W. E. Bewley, was 64 years of age at the time of his death which occurred on February 2, 1969. The accident which was allegedly the cause of his death occurred on the night of January 12, 1969. He fell while walking to the bathroom with the…