JONES v. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK

Nos. 11454, 11455.

113 F.2d 873 (1940)

JONES v. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK. SAME v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnot L. Sheppard, of St. Louis, Mo. (Joseph Renard and Wilder Lucas, both of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

James C. Jones, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo. (James C. Jones, Lon O. Hocker, and W. A. Welker, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER and WOODROUGH, Circuit Judges, and MOORE, District Judge.


MOORE, District Judge.

These are actions on the double indemnity or accidental death benefits of two life insurance policies of $10,000 each, issued by appellees to and upon the life of James H. Jones, in which the appellant was the beneficiary. The insured died on January 2nd, 1938. Following his death the appellant made demand upon appellees both for the life insurance benefits and the accidental death benefit of said policies. Appellees paid the life insurance...

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