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UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY v. NICHOLSON

No. 1720.

119 A.2d 925 (1956)

UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Cary NICHOLSON, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 24, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Martell, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher and William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

William A. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., with whom Abraham Bogorad, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

The life of Johnnie Cherry was covered by two policies written by United Insurance Company. One was a life policy with double indemnity for accidental death and the other an accident benefit policy. Both policies specifically excepted death resulting from self-inflicted injuries.

Cherry was serving a twenty-day term in the District jail on a charge of drunkenness. One night he was found dead in the men's washroom, lying at the base of...

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