Smith v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Mrs. Smith sued the Insurance Company in this case to recover on the double indemnity provision for accidental death contained in a life insurance policy on the life of her husband, William Calvin Smith. The insured died on the 15th day of March, 1939, while the policy was in force, and the insurance company paid the complainant the sum of $10,000, the amount due on the life policy, but denied liability under the double indemnity provision which provided for the payment of a like amount if the death of the insured resulted “directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injuries…