Legal Opinion
Rast v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1940No. 4604PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in the District Court, who is appellant here, brought suit against the Insurance Company as the beneficiary under two policies of insurance of $5,000 *770each on the life of her deceased husband. She seeks to recover the additional sum of $5,000 under a clause in each policy providing for payment of double indemnity “upon receipt of due proof that the insured died as a direct result of bodily injury affected solely through external, violent and accidental means, * * * provided that the double indemnity shall not be payable if death resulted from self…
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