MASSACHUSETTS MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. PISTOLESI

No. 11349.

160 F.2d 668 (1947)

MASSACHUSETTS MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. PISTOLESI.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 2, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Livingston and Louis F. DiResta, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

M. Mitchell Bourquin, John J. Healy, and S. H. Allen, all of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, HEALY, and ORR, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company appeals from a judgment on a jury's verdict holding it liable under a double indemnity clause of the insurer's policy, payable to the appellee.

On November 2, 1938, the insurer issued to Norbert H. Pistolesi two life insurance policies — one for $5,000 and the other for $2,000. Mr. Pistolesi died on October 5, 1941, and the ordinary benefits...

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