Jennings v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.

KEY, Special Chief Justice.

Appellants as beneficiaries brought suit to recover upon a policy of insurance upon the life of W. R. Jennings. The policy contained a stipulation prohibiting recovery by the beneficiaries in event of suicide, and the appellee pleaded suicide as a defense. Upon trial of the case, the jury resolved the issue of suicide against the beneficiaries under the policy; hence this appeal.

We have reached the conclusion that appellants’ first assignment of error must be sustained. This assignment complains of the action of the court in permitting appellee to introduce in…