New York Life Insurance Co. v. Redmon

Appellee is the beneficiary in a policy of life insurance issued by -appellant to her husband in the sum of $1,000. The policy provided for double indemnity in the event “that the death of the insured resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, and occurred within ninety days after such injury.” Another clause in the policy provided: “Double indemnity shall not be payable if the insured’s death resulted from self-destruction, whether sane or insane.” The insured died on January 16, 1934, while the…