Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co. of Chattanooga v. Brooks

LEE, Circuit Judge.

Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Locomotive Engineers Mutual Life & Accident Insurance Association appealed from a verdict and judgment by the district court in favor of Birdie Brooks, plaintiff in a suit to recover under indemnity clauses in two health and accident policies of insurance issued by the above companies to Walter B. Brooks, deceased, and made payable to his widow, the plaintiff-appellee.

Section V of the policy written by the Provident Life provides for double indemnity in certain instances, including loss of life, “if such…