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SPOTT v. EQUITABLE LIFE INS. CO.

Docket No. 19986.

209 Cal.App.2d 229 (1962)

25 Cal. Rptr. 782

BARBARA E. SPOTT, Individually and as Coexecutrix, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF IOWA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

November 5, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knight, Boland & Riordan, John H. Riordan, Burton L. Walsh and Richard J. Kilmartin for Defendant and Appellant.

Stark & Champlin, Carl E. Simon, Jr., and Ralph J. Moore, Jr., for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

DRAPER, P.J.

This case requires construction of life insurance policy provisions calling for additional indemnity if death of the insured resulted from "bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means." Plaintiffs are beneficiaries of two policies upon the life of one Spott in the aggregate face amount of $75,000. That amount has been paid, and only the provision for payment of $25,000 additionally is here in issue. Judgment was for...

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