WHITNEY v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 8975.

47 F.2d 861 (1931)

WHITNEY et al. v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph P. Wilson, of Lincoln, Neb. (Burkett, Wilson, Brown, Wilson & Van Kirk, of Lincoln, Neb., on the brief), for appellants.

Leonard A. Flansburg, of Lincoln, Neb. (R. O. Williams and George A. Lee, both of Lincoln, Neb., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KENYON and BOOTH, Circuit Judges, and REEVES, District Judge.


KENYON, Circuit Judge.

Parties will for convenience be designated as in the trial court, where appellants were plaintiffs, and appellee was defendant.

Plaintiffs, as beneficiaries, brought action to recover on a life insurance contract. The defense was that the insured, Bruce F. Whitney, had committed suicide within one year from the date the insurance became effective, which under the terms of the policy made it null and void. There is little dispute concerning...

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