RELIANCE LIFE INS. CO. v. BURGESS

No. 11657.

112 F.2d 234 (1940)

RELIANCE LIFE INS. CO. v. BURGESS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Jones, Jr., and Web A. Welker, both of St. Louis, Mo. (Howard F. Major, of Columbia, Mo., James C. Jones, of St. Louis, Mo., Stockard & Stockard, of Jefferson City, Mo., and Jones, Hocker, Gladney & Grand, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

William H. Becker, of Columbia, Mo. (Nick T. Cave, Ruby M. Hulen, Boyle G. Clark, James E. Boggs, Paul M. Peterson, and Howard B. Lang, Jr., all of Columbia, Mo., on the brief), for appellees.

Before GARDNER, SANBORN, and WOODROUGH, Circuit Judges.


GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This was a proceeding brought by the appellant as plaintiff against the appellees as defendants, under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, Jud.Code § 274d, 28 U.S.C.A. § 400, for a determination of the rights of appellees and the obligation of appellant under the accidental death benefit of six policies of life insurance and one policy of accident insurance issued by appellant to Thomas A. Burgess, the appellees' intestate. The...

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