Wachtel v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

The complaint contains three causes of action, one against each of the defendants, wherein it is alleged that the plaintiff, the widow of Otto H. Wachtel and the beneficiary of six policies issued by the defendants upon his life, is entitled to double indemnity because of Wachtel's death on August 10, 1930, in consequence of an accident which- occurred on July 10, 1930. The defendants, with the exception of the Manhattan Company, had paid the single indemnity concededly due under the policies. At the conclusion of the entire case the complaint was dismissed and a verdict directed in favor of…