Webster v. New York Life Ins. Co.

This is a suit upon a life insurance policy, the pertinent clauses of which read as follows:

“New York Life Insurance Company agrees to pay to Gail R., wife of the insured, Five Thousand Dollars, upon receipt of due proof of the death of James T. Webster, the insured; or double the face of this policy upon receipt of due proof that the death of the insured resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental cause, and such death occurred within sixty days after sustaining such injury.

“This double indemnity benefit…