AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. NICOL

No. 17,767.

119 Ind. App. 441 (1949)

86 N.E.2d 311

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT v. NICOL.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Rehearing denied October 5, 1949.

Transfer denied November 8, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fraser & Isham, of Fowler; and Stuart, Devol, Branigan, Ball, & Ricks, of Lafayette, for appellant.

Charles B. Kemmer; Vaughan & Vaughan, all of Lafayette; and Edward Dumas (of counsel), of Fowler, for appellee.


BOWEN, C.J.

The appellee sued the appellant, Aetna Life Insurance Company, to recover as the named beneficiary on a double indemnity clause of a life insurance policy on the life of appellee's husband, Admiral Dewey Nicol. The face amount of the policy was $20,000 which the company paid to the appellee, but it denied liability on the $20,000 double indemnity clause.

The issues were formed by appellee's complaint and appellant's answer, and the cause was tried...

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