General Accident, Fire & Life Assur. Corp. v. Brinn & Jensen Co.

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of appellee, plaintiff below, in an action on a policy of accident insurance covering Harry Hamilton Jones, who was vice president and secretary of the plaintiff company. The company was beneficiary under the policy.

Mr. Jones lost his life in the building occupied by bis company on July 3,1929, when a quantity of fireworks, which were in the building, exploded, and the building burned.

The policy of insurance and the application therefor, which was made part of the policy, are, so far as here material, set…