Heiman v. Pan American Life Ins. Co.

On Second Rehearing.

ROGERS, Justice.

The Pan American Life Insurance Company, of New Orleans, under two policies aggregating $15,000, insured Meyer Pleiman against death. Attached to each policy was a rider providing for double indemnity in the event the insured’s death occurred through accidental means. Heiman died within two years after the policies were issued; his death resulting from a shot from a revolver, which was discharged while he was sitting alone in an automobile.

Mrs. Zena Heim'an, the widow of the insured and the named beneficiary, brought this suit on the policies, claiming the…