COLUMBIAN NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. COMFORT

No. 10484.

84 F.2d 291 (1936)

COLUMBIAN NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. COMFORT.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Leahy, of St. Louis, Mo. (Lyon Anderson and Leahy, Saunders & Walther, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

John M. Holmes, of St. Louis, Mo. (Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Young and W. H. Woodward, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, WOODROUGH, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

Appeal from a judgment on a verdict rendered in a suit on an accident insurance policy insuring "against loss resulting from bodily injuries, effected directly and independently of all other causes through accidental means."

The insured, Norman B. Comfort, husband of the beneficiary, appellee herein, was killed January 27, 1934, by a shot from a revolver. The appellant claims that he shot himself intentionally, and the appellee that...

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