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DICK v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 58.

359 U.S. 437 (1959)

79 S.Ct. 921

3 L.Ed.2d 935

DICK v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Vogel argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Pershing Boe and Donald C. Holand.

Norman G. Tenneson argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Harold W. Bangert.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, under the applicable principles hereinafter discussed, properly held that it was error to submit to a jury's determination whether an insured died as a result of suicide or accident.

Petitioner is the beneficiary of two policies issued by respondent in 1944 and 1949 insuring...

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