Peoples Loan & Investment Co. v. Travelers Ins. Co.

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The action is one under Arkansas law, to recover on the double indemnity provision of a life insurance policy for accidental death of the insured, which occurred in an encounter. The insured was manager of the loan business operated by the beneficiary in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The jury returned a verdict for the insurer, and the beneficiary has appealed.. The beneficiary contends here (1) that the court should have declared the insured’s, death accidental as a matter of law and have directed a verdict against the insurer,, and (2) that, if the case was one for the jury,…