Seipel v. Equitable Life Ins. Co. of Iowa

ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, as beneficiary, sought recovery under the “Double Indemnity” provision of a life insurance policy issued to her husband, whereby the insurer agreed to pay double the face of the policy in ease “the death of the insured resulted * * * independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means.”

At the close of the evidence for appellant the court directed a verdict for appel-lee and gave judgment accordingly, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

Seipel, an apparently strong and healthy young man, had…