New York Life Ins. Co. v. Weaver

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action by the defendant in error, suing as executor, on a life insurance policy issued to his testator, who died in May, 1922. The policy sued on was issued in May, 1921, for the sum of $7,000) and contained a provision for payment of double the face of the policy in case of the death of the insured resulting directly and independently from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent, and accidental cause. The policy contained the following provision: “In the event of self-destruction during the first two insurance years, whether the insured be…