Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. v. King
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1937No. 10877PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action at law brought by Amelia W. King, widow of Walter J. King and the beneficiary named in a $5,-000 life policy issued by the New York Life Insurance Company to her husband. The *348policy was a Missouri contract and contained a provision for double indemnity if “the death of the insured resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means.” The insured killed himself on November 26, 1934. The beneficiary claimed double indemnity for accidental death on the ground that at…
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