Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Hoch

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Suit by Arabella Hoch, widow of Forrest E. Hoch, to recover the 'sums of $5,-000 and $1,252.50, being respectively the amount of an accident policy and the coverage of a double indemnity provision in a life insurance policy, both issued by appellant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, upon the life of the deceased.

The accident policy insured “against the results of bodily injuries * * * caused directly and independently of all other causes by violent and accidental means. * * * ” The accidental death benefit clause in the life insurance policy insured against death “as…