MAYFIELD v. ÆTNA LIFE INS. CO.

No. 8885.

100 F.2d 199 (1938)

MAYFIELD et al. v. ÆTNA LIFE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 3, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Browne, of San Antonio, Tex., for appellants.

J. D. Wheeler, of San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The children of Gideon Mayfield, as beneficiaries, sued Aetna Life Insurance Company for $7500 upon a policy of insurance on Mayfield's life issued July 22, 1935. It promised to pay $2500 at death at any time, but $5000 if death occurred within ten years, and an additional $2500 if the death resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means; but if the...

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