GOLDSMITH v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 9706.

69 F.2d 273 (1934)

GOLDSMITH v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

February 20, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben L. Shifrin, of St. Louis, Mo. (Perry Post Taylor and Taylor, Mayer & Shifrin, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

James C. Jones, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo. (James C. Jones and Lon O. Hocker, both of St. Louis, Mo., and Louis H. Cooke, of New York City, and Jones, Hocker, Sullivan, Gladney & Reeder, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STONE, SANBORN, and VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

On March 19, 1932, Bernie M. Goldsmith, a passenger in an airplane, died as the result of a crash of the plane in which he was riding. He had two life policies in the New York Life Insurance Company, one for $25,000 and the other for $5,000, which provided double indemnity for accidental death, both being payable to the company as trustee for the benefit of the appellant, the insured's wife, in accordance with the terms of trust agreements...

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