Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Bell

This action was to recover double the value of a life insurance policy. The body of Dudley H. Snellgrove was found early one morning in his yard with his double barrel shot-gun near his body. There was no evidence of a struggle or fight. He had recently been killed by a gunshot which entered at or near his left nipple ranging directly into his body. The gun had one empty shell and one loaded with both hammers down. Deceased had theretofore been in normal health in body and mind. He had no financial or domestic problems or feuds with neighbors. He was familiar with the gun and sometimes…