WILDER v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 5142.

81 F.2d 89 (1936)

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

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvanus George Lee and Jacob G. Grossberg, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Edwin S. Mack, Arthur W. Fairchild, and Bert Vandervelde, all of Milwaukee, Wis., for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and ALSCHULER, Circuit Judges.


This action was brought to recover on a life insurance policy. At the conclusion of the trial the court denied plaintiffs' and granted defendant's unqualified motion for a directed verdict. Judgment was thereupon entered dismissing the action, and this appeal followed.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant asserts several grounds as justifiable bases for the court's action. We need not consider all of them, but direct our attention to the two which deal

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