AETNA LIFE INS. CO. v. REED

No. A-3585.

251 S.W.2d 150 (1952)

AETNA LIFE INS. CO. v. REED.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyle, Wheeler, Gresham & Davis, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Coleman Gay, Austin, for respondent.


BREWSTER, Justice.

On May 22, 1922, the petitioner, Aetna Life Insurance Company, issued a life insurance policy for $25,000 to David C. Reed, with Laura M. Reed, respondent, as beneficiary. A policy rider provided for double indemnity "If the death of the insured * * * results directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injuries affected solely through external, violent and accidental means * * *, and if such death does not result * * * from an...

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