ÆTNA LIFE INS. CO. v. YOUNG

No. 7321.

113 F.2d 601 (1940)

ÆTNA LIFE INS. CO. v. YOUNG.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

June 29, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Reilly, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Thomas E. Comber, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before BIGGS, MARIS, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

We cannot but admire appellant's persistence. Its insured died on April 30, 1937. His widow's claim for payment under the double indemnity clause of defendant-company's policy1 was rejected. She brought suit on April 26, 1938. A jury in the United States District Court (to which the case had been removed) found for her in the sum of $10,593.34.

From this verdict there was an appeal to us and on March 29, 1939...

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