New York Life Ins. v. Cooper

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

The insured, whose death gave rise to this litigation, carried two identical policies of life insurance, except as to the amount of coverage, in the New York Life Insurance Company. The policies were delivered in Kansas and are Kansas contracts. In addition to the regular coverage, the policies provided that the company would pay double the amount of the face thereof if the death of the insured resulted “directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental cause * * The insured died as a result of…