NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. MURRELL

No. 6708.

65 F.2d 990 (1933)

NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. MURRELL et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 27, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick G. Thatcher, Elmo P. Lee, and Robert A. Hunter, all of Shreveport, La., for appellant.

Howard B. Warren, Joseph D. Barksdale, and Julius T. Long, all of Shreveport, La., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action on a double indemnity provision of a $5,000 life insurance policy. The beneficiary, John A. Kennedy, recovered judgment in the District Court, but died pending this appeal, and, upon appropriate suggestion, his next of kin have been substituted as appellees.

Double indemnity is payable upon proof that the death of the insured "resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely...

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