Lincoln Petroleum Co. v. New York Life Ins.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment based upon a verdict in plaintiff’s favor. The action was predicated on two $10,000 life insurance policies running to plaintiff of which insured had been secretary and treasurer.

The chief reliance for reversal was the trial court’s refusal to direct a verdict for defendant,' the motion for which was predicated upon an exception to the general death liability clause. The exception covered the case where án insured met his death through “self destruction” “whether the insured be sane or insane” within two years of the issuance of the…