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PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. BOONE

No. 15916.

236 F.2d 457 (1956)

PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jimmie Fay Butler BOONE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph B. Tate, R. Foster Etheredge, Birmingham, Ala., C. R. Wharton, Greensboro, N. C., Wharton & Wharton, Greensboro, N. C., Spain, Gillon & Young, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel, for appellant.

William Conway, Leigh M. Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for $20,000 entered upon the verdict of a jury in a suit on two policies whereby appellant insured the life of appellee's husband, Captain Harry C. Boone. The sole issue was whether Captain Boone committed suicide.

Each of the policies was in the amount of $10,000; they were issued respectively on May 22, 1953 and October 1, 1954; each contained the following provision:

"7. Suicide. — If...

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