SEIPEL v. EQUITABLE LIFE INS. CO. OF IOWA

No. 4601.

59 F.2d 544 (1932)

SEIPEL v. EQUITABLE LIFE INS. CO. OF IOWA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 22, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman Minton, John H. Weathers, and Evan B. Stotsenburg, all of New Albany, Ind., for appellant.

William Marshall Bullitt, Leo T. Wolford, and R. Lee Blackwell, all of Louisville, Ky. (Bruce & Bullitt, of Louisville, Ky., and Jewett & Bulleit, of New Albany, Ind., of counsel), for appellee.

Before ALSCHULER and SPARKS, Circuit Judges, and WILKERSON, District Judge.


ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, as beneficiary, sought recovery under the "Double Indemnity" provision of a life insurance policy issued to her husband, whereby the insurer agreed to pay double the face of the policy in case "the death of the insured resulted * * * independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means."

At the close of the evidence for appellant the court directed a verdict...

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