Missouri State Life Ins. v. Young

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in an action upon an accident insurance policy for $30,000' issued to George U. Young in favor of his wife, the appellee. The insurance policy was applied for December 20, 1924, and issued January 10, 1925, and renewed for another year by payment of premium in January, 1926. The insured suffered an injury to his foot on December 15, 1925, and died on the 24th of November, 1926. The appellant life insurance company defends the action upon the ground that the accidental injury was not the cause of death but that the death was occasioned by…