Legal Opinion
Jensen v. Continental Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 26, 1928No. 3794PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The body of Philip K. Jensen was found on the floor of a small office in a building in the city of Philadelphia. A gas tube, one end detached from a gas stove, was lying on his breast. The gas cock at the other end was turned on full and gas was escaping from the tube and filling the closed room. Later there was a coroner’s inquest at which the jury found cause of death: “Gas asphyxiation; suicide while temporary deranged.”
Jensen carried a policy of life insurance issued by the Continental Life Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, in favor of his wife, Anna M.…
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- Union Mut. Life Ins. v. PayneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1900
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