New York Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor

On Rehearing.

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

The insured was found dead at the foot of a stairwell in Walter Reed Hospital. *302The question is whether he died as a result of suicide or of an accident. As evidence of suicide the defense offered a number of authenticated hospital records to prove that the insured’s state of mind was one which indicated the probability of suicide. These hospital records were kept in the regular course of business according to the colloquial use of these words. The issue here is whether they were “in the regular course of business” within the technical meaning of that…