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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO v. HENKEL

No. 7146.

234 F.2d 69 (1956)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Peggy Joyce HENKEL, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving E. Carlyle, Winston-Salem, N. C. (Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, on the brief), for appellant.

Theodore F. Cummings, Hickory, N. C., for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by an insurance company from a judgment for plaintiff on the double indemnity provision of a life insurance policy. The company admitted liability and made payment under the ordinary life provision of the policy but denied liability under the double indemnity provision on the ground that the death of insured was not caused solely by external violent and accidental means within the meaning...

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