General American Life Ins. v. Floyd

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was on a policy providing double indemnity for accidental death. There were two general defenses: (1) That the assured’s death resulted from his violation of law in that (a) he was attempting to kill Gray, who killed him in self-defense; (b) he was engaged in an unlawful trespass; (c) he was unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon, a pistol. (2) That his death was not the result of accidental means, but of his being shot by Gray in self-defense, while as dggressor in a difficulty he had provoked, Floyd was attempting to draw his gun to kill Gray. Appellant…