Union Central Life Insurance Company v. Scott

LAWSON, Justice.

The suit below was for payments allegedly due under a double indemnity provision in a life insurance contract.

The defendant insurance company, which is the appellant here, had issued a life insurance policy covering the life of Charles W. Scott. The policy was in the amount of $2,000 with a supplemental provision for double indemnity benefits for death by accident as defined in the policy. The policy provided that:

“The double indemnity benefit shall be payable only if the death of the insured shall result directly, independently and exclusively of all other causes, from bod…