Inter-Southern Life Insurance v. Butts

Appellee filed a complaint in which he alleged that the defendant insurance company had reissued a policy of insurance on the life of Sarah Medley, payable to her husband, James E. Medley, and, while said policy was in full force and effect, the beneficiary had murdered the insured, wherefore appellee, as administrator of the insured, brought suit to recover the amount of the policy.

The insurance company filed an answer, in which it denied that the beneficiary had unlawfully killed the insured or had forfeited his rights under the policy. It admitted that it was indebted to the beneficiary or…