Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Gussie W. McDuffie

In this case, the Aetna Life Insurance Company has appealed from a judgment of the district court holding that the beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of her husband could not recover the proceeds of the policy, although she had been acquitted of feloniously causing his death. The insurance company had paid the proceeds of the policy to the wife of the insured only after her acquittal in the State Criminal Court.

After trying the action brought by the mother of the insured to recover the proceeds of the policy, the district court declared that the court was satisfied beyond a…