Legal Opinion
International Life Ins. Co. v. Mowbray
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1927No. 3839PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEvan A. Evans, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Throughout this opinion, parties will be described as in the District Court.
Defendant contends that the evidence conclusively shows that assured committed suieide. Its maximum liability was therefore limited to $5,000. It further contends that, if this issue was for the jury, the court erred both in the admission of evidence and in charging the jury.
It is hardly necessary to set forth in detail all the evidence that bore upon this issue. The assured, who was 36 years old and in good health, was asphyxiated while on a short visit to Chicago. On the wall of…
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