ADAMS v. STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 71-1798.

453 F.2d 224 (1971)

Inez Smith Graves ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere Austill, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard W. Vollmer, Jr., Geary A. Gaston, Pillans, Reams, Tappan, Wood & Roberts, James D. Brooks, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 18, 1972.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought in an Alabama court and removed to federal court by the defendant-appellee on diversity grounds. The plaintiff-appellant, the named beneficiary under two life insurance policies, sought to recover double indemnity for the claimed accidental death of the insured under the double indemnity provisions of the two policies. The district court ruled that the...

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