EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. v. IRELAN

No. 9759.

123 F.2d 462 (1941)

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

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 10, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Poore and James A. Poore, Jr., both of Butte, Mont., for appellant.

Sherman W. Smith and Victor H. Fall, both of Helena, Mont., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, HANEY, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

In two policies, of which appellees were the beneficiaries, appellant insured the life of Mrs. Clara Dambley. The policies provided for payment of double their face amount in the event of death of the insured occurring directly "by external, violent and purely accidental means". Death by self-destruction, whether sane or insane, was by definition excluded from this feature of the insurance coverage....

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