New York Life Ins. Co. v. Wood

Appellee brought this action in the circuit court of Oktibbeha county against appellant to recover the sum of $1,000 under a double indemnity provision of an insurance policy on the life of her husband, Harry D. Wood, issued by appellant in 1919, and in which appellee was named' as beneficiary. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in appellee’s favor, from which judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

■ The double indemnity provision of the policy is in this language:

“Double Indemnity — Double the Face of this Policy upon receipt of due proof that the death of the insured resulted…