Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Aird

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit, upon an accident policy, was for the double indemnity it offered insured for injuries, caused “by collapse of the outer walls, or burning of a building, if the insured is therein, at the time of the collapse or commencement of the fire.”

The-claim was that, within the meaning of the policy, an automobile trailer was “a building”, and insured’s death was caused by its burning. The defense was; (a) that, the trailer was not and could not be “a building” within the policy terms; and (b) that, insured’s death was not caused by its burning, but by the preceding…