Beckley v. New York Life Insurance

Action at law by Gertrude Beckley, beneficiary in a policy of life insurance on the life of her husband, Ray Beckley, to recover double indemnity for his alleged accidental death. The defendant insurance company paid the face of the policy but contended it was not liable for double indemnity. The policy recites that the double indemnity benefit is payable “upon due proof that the death of the insured resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means * * *; provided, however, that such Double Indemnity…