Barr v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court in a jury waived case. Appellant as beneficiary sued appellee on its policy insuring the life of her husband, Arthur Barr, in the sum of $10,000 and an additional $10,000 in the event that his death is proved to have resulted solely from bodily injuries caused directly, exclusively and independently of all other causes by ex-terna], violent arid purely accidental means.

Liability for $10,000 was admitted, and the issue before the district court was whether there was a liability for an additional $10,000 because the…