EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. v. SALMEN

No. 7905.

81 F.2d 571 (1936)

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF THE UNITED STATES v. SALMEN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. H. Watkins, of Jackson, Miss., and Sidney C. Mize, of Gulfport, Miss., for appellant.

Stanford E. Morse and W. H. White, both of Gulfport, Miss., and Arthur A. Moreno, of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Salmen, as absolute assignee of Salmen Home Lumber Company, beneficiary in two policies on the life of Walter F. Pratt, brought this suit to recover $40,000, the double indemnity provided in them for death from accident.1 He alleged Pratt's death, his ownership of the policies, their provision to pay $40,000 in the event of death, and $40,000 more in the event the death...

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