Cohen v. Travelers Ins. Co.

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant in an action to recover life insurance benefits on two policies wherein plaintiff was the designated beneficiary and her brother, Louis Cohen, the insured. The complaint alleged that the insured died on January 5, 1941, as a result of a gunshot wound inflicted on that date, and that said death resulted through “external, violent and accidental means,” within the language of the policies. Defendant’s answer denied that the insured came to his death through “external, violent and accidental means.” The policies…