American Cent. Life Ins. v. American Trust Co.

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error (hereinafter called defendant or the insurer) issued three separate policies of insurance of $5,000 each upon the life of Edward D. Moseley, payable at his death. Two of the' policies were dated May 6, the third May 27, 1921. Each policy named as beneficiary a different child of the insured. The policies were identical except as to the beneficiary, and, as thus far stated, were ordinary life insurance policies regardless of the cause of death, except as to suicide within two years. To each policy, however, was attached a so-called “total and permanent…