Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. Salmen

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Salmen, as absolute assignee of Salmen Home Lumber Company, beneficiary in two policies on the life of Walter F. Pratt, brought this suit to recover $40,000, the double indemnity provided in them for *572death from accident.1 He alleged Pratt’s death, his ownership of the policies, their provision to pay $40,000 in the event of death, and $40,000 more in the event the death was from accident. That the defendant had paid $40,000, but had declined to pay the additional $40,000 for accidental death. He alleged that Pratt came to his death as the result of the accidental…