Stirk v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. Of New York

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the beneficiary of five insurance policies from a judgment in favor of the defendant insurance company in an action on the double indemnity feature of each of said policies.

The face of each of the policies provided for double indemnity “upon receipt of due proof that such death resulted from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent, and accidental means, all upon the conditions set forth in Section 1, * * * Section 1 entitled “Double Indemnity” on the second page of the policies further provided that double indemnity would be payable…