United Moderns v. Colligan

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

The United Moderns, a mutual benefit society, issued to Thomas Colligan, one of its members, a benefit certificate insuring his life for $2000 in favor of his wife, Lizzie Colligan. Thomas Colligan committed suicide, and Lizzie Colligan instituted this suit to recover the insurance.

The United Moderns plead that the act of suicide nullified the policy. In response to a special issue the jury found that he did commit suicide. The plaintiff then moved the court to enter judgment in her favor, notwithstanding the verdict, upon the ground that the'conditions of the contract,…