ÆTNA LIFE INS. CO. v. GALLAWAY

No. 5757.

45 F.2d 391 (1930)

ÆTNA LIFE INS. CO. v. GALLAWAY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry P. Lawther, of Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

John R. Arnold and J. W. McDavid, both of Henderson, Tex., for appellee.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and HUTCHESON, District Judge.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, for double indemnity which was recoverable in the event the death of the insured should result from bodily injury "effected solely through external, violent and accidental means."

The insured was shot and killed intentionally by Morgan Compton, and his death was therefore caused by external and violent means; but appellant denies that such...

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