LINCOLN NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. ERICKSON

No. 8847.

42 F.2d 997 (1930)

LINCOLN NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. ERICKSON.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

August 9, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert G. Nilles, of Fargo, N. D. (Daniel B. Holt and John S. Frame, both of Fargo, N. D., C. G. Dosland, of Moorhead, Minn., and R. F. Baird, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., on the brief), for appellant.

Charles Loring, of Crookston, Minn., and Julius J. Olson, of Warren, Minn. (Oscar R. Knutson, of Warren, Minn., and John H. Hougen, of Crookston, Minn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KENYON, BOOTH, and GARDNER, Circuit Judges.


BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment after verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee in a suit on a life insurance policy containing a double indemnity provision. The action was begun in the state district court and thereafter removed to the federal court on the ground of diversity of citizenship.

The policy was for $10,000, with a double indemnity clause which read as follows: "It is Hereby Agreed That if Magnus Erickson, the insured under...

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