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JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. OF BOSTON v. CRACK

No. 6854.

216 F.2d 805 (1954)

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Appellant, v. Jeanne D. CRACK, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armistead L. Boothe, Alexandria, Va. (Boothe, Dudley, Koontz & Boothe, Alexandria, Va., and Drury, Lynham & Powell, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Raymond F. Belew, Arlington, Va. (L. Lee Bean, Arlington, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff on the double indemnity feature of a life insurance policy which provided:

"Benefit: The Company hereby agrees * * * to pay * * * to the beneficiary * * * Additional Benefit of Five Thousand Dollars upon receipt * * * of due proof * * * showing that (1) the Insured's death was caused directly, independently and exclusively of all other causes, by a bodily injury sustained solely by external, violent...

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