Aetna Life Insurance v. Rustin

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

These suits were brought by Grace H. Rustin against appellants to recover on certain policies issued by them on the life of her husband, Dr. Frederick Rustin, of Omaha, Nebraska. The policies insured against death “resulting directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means.” The defendants denied the allegations of the petition, and pleaded in substance that Dr. Rustin either killed himself or procured another to kill him. There was a trial before a jury which…