Legal Opinion
Love v. New York Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1933No. 6577PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
The New York Life Insurance Company in 3926 issued a policy of insurance on the life of Robert C. Love, by which it agreed to pay $5,000 upon proof of death of the insured, and an additional $5,000, called “double indemnity,” upon proof that death resulted from bodily injury effected through “external, violent and accidental means.’ The insured died on May 23, 1931, of a gun shot wound. His widow, the beneficiary named in the policy, acknowledging payment of $5,000, the face of the policy, hut alleging that the death of the insured was acci*830dental, brought this action to…
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