Prudential Insurance Co. v. Foster

This is an action to recover double indemnity on account of alleged accidental death. Ivan Prentice Foster, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, is assertedly entitled to the benefits payable under two policies of life insurance containing double indemnity prcwisions, issued by plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant or company, on the life of his father, Howard Arthur Foster.

The body of the insured was recovered from Lake Okmulgee, a few miles from the city of Okmulgee, Okla., on September 21, 1939. The defendant company paid the face amount of the policy to plaintiff…