Steinmann v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The action is upon a policy of life insurance issued by the defendant upon the life of William Steinmann designating the plaintiff, his wife, as beneficiary. The policy contains provisions for double indemnity in the event of the death of the assured by accident. On May 25, 1938, William Steinmann died as the result of asphyxiation by illuminating gas under circumstances which would have justified a finding by the jury that he had met death by suicide. Upon the death of William Steinmann the defendant paid to the plaintiff the face amount of the policy but refused to pay the double indemnity,…