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GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INS. CO. OF ST. LOUIS, MO. v. FLOYD

No. 8006.

84 F.2d 35 (1936)

GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INS. CO. OF ST. LOUIS, MO., v. FLOYD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 3, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Calvin Wells and Hubert S. Lipscomb, both of Jackson, Miss., for appellant.

J. H. Howie and W. B. Fontaine, both of Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was on a policy providing double indemnity for accidental death. There were two general defenses: (1) That the assured's death resulted from his violation of law in that (a) he was attempting to kill Gray, who killed him in self-defense; (b) he was engaged in an unlawful trespass; (c) he was unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon, a pistol. (2) That his death was not the result of accidental means, but of his being shot by Gray in...

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