Pierkowskie v. New York Life Ins. Co.

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, beneficiaries of a life insurance policy, sued the defendant to recover under the double indemnity provisions of the policy. The beneficiaries recovered a judgment for the full amount sought. The defendant has appealed and the substance of its objection to the judgment lies in its assertion that the District Judge adopted an attitude deliberately inimical to the defendant and constituted himself an advocate for the plaintiff. Other grounds of error are alleged which will be discussed in this opinion, but the serious charge laid against the District Court…