Wyckoff v. Mutual Life Insurance

The plaintiff as named beneficiary in a policy of life insurance brings this action against the defendant company to recover under a double indemnity provision for the alleged accidental death of the insured. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendant company, and the plaintiff appeals.

By the terms of the policy the defendant company agreed that in the event of the death of the insured from natural causes it would pay to the plaintiff beneficiary the sum of $5000. It was further agreed that double indemnity, to-wit, $10,000, would be payable

"* * * upon receipt of due proof that the…