RICHARDSON v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 5867.

174 F.2d 475 (1949)

RICHARDSON v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. White, Fayetteville, W. Va. (Ned H. Ragland, Beckley, W. Va., and Mahan, White & Higgins, Fayetteville, W. Va., on brief), for appellant.

W. T. O'Farrel, Charleston, W. Va. (L. L. Scherer, Scherer, Bowers & File, Beckley, W. Va. and Jackson, Kelly, Morrison & Moxley, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from judgments for defendants in five actions on policies of insurance. The insurance companies had paid the face amount of the policies and the actions were instituted to recover under double indemnity provisions. The defense was that insured had committed suicide, a risk not covered by the double indemnity provisions, and verdict was directed for the companies on that ground. The evidence showed that the insured was found dead in his...

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