BEAMS v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 15123.

325 F.2d 887 (1964)

Leora K. BEAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 3, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Lowery, Jr., Louisville, Ky. (Wilton R. Long, Jr., Louisville, Ky., on brief), for appellant.

R. Lee Blackwell, Louisville, Ky. (M. Brooks Senn, Louisville, Ky., on brief, Bullitt, Dawson & Tarrant, Louisville, Ky., of counsel), for appellee.

Before WEICK and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and KALBFLEISCH, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Deceased was insured under a life insurance policy issued by appellee company. Appellant beneficiary sought to recover under a double indemnity clause of that policy. The policy provided that double indemnity for accidental death would be paid only if death occurred "as a result of bodily injuries sustained solely through external, violent and accidental means, directly and independently of all other causes * * *" and that no payments would be made thereunder...

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