New York Life Insurance v. Thweatt

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This appeal involves the double indemnity benefits1 on two insurance policies, each for $1,000. The insured, Eayford W. Thweatt, died on December 23, 1950, from a pistol shot in the head. The life benefits were promptly paid, but the appellant refused to pay the double indemnity benefits, and claimed that the insured had committed suicide. Mrs. Thweatt brought one action2 as an individual, and another as guardian of her minor daughter; and each action was to compel the Insurance Company to pay the double indemnity benefits. The jury found against the' suicide theory…