NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. DURHAM

No. 3564.

166 F.2d 874 (1948)

NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. DURHAM.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 4, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Critchlow, of Salt Lake City, Utah (Walter M. Critchlow, of Salt Lake City, Utah and Ronald B. Swinford and Harry J. McCallion, both of New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Harold Cline, of Milford, Utah (Albert M. Marsden, of Parawan, Utah and Elias Hansen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, BRATTON and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

On December 1, 1943, the New York Life Insurance Company issued its policy of insurance on the life of Lewis Durham in the sum of $5,234.00, conditioned that the amount payable should be the restricted amount (as therein defined) if the death of insured should occur "outside the home areas while the insured is in the military or naval forces of any country engaged in war. * * * `war' includes undeclared war."

On September 25, 1945, while...

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