Neel v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs as beneficiaries of an insurance policy issued on the life of William B. Stubbs sued to recover $25,000 under the double indemnity clause of the contract. The policy provided that the defendant would pay to the beneficiaries “Twenty Five Thousand Dollars upon receipt of due proof of the death of William B. Stubbs, the insured, or Fifty Thousand Dollars, upon receipt of due proof that such death resulted from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent, and accidental means, and occurred within ninety days after such injury, all upon…