Hathaway's Administrator v. National Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on a policy of insurance issued by defendant, insuring the life of George 0. Hathaway for his own benefit. There was a proviso in said policy that it should “ be void and of no effect” if said Hathaway “shall die by suicide.”
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Assumpsit on a policy of insurance issued by defendant, insuring the life of George 0. Hathaway for his own benefit. There was a proviso in said policy that it should “ be void and of no effect” if said Hathaway “shall die by suicide.” The defendant pleaded the general issue, with notice that said Hathaway “died by suicide that he voluntarily and willfully took his own life by intentionally shooting himself through the body with a pistol, for the purpose of destroying his life. It was conceded that said Hathaway died on June 1st, 1871, from a pistol wound inflicted by himself in the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
The first question presented by the exceptions is as to the admissibility of the 'declarations of Hathaway (the deceased), made to Dr. Pond during a professional consultation as to the health of the deceased, had some two or three *350weeks prior to his death. It appears that no part of the testimony given by Dr. Pond was objected to except such declarations. The doctor testified that the difficulty under which the deceased was suffering, was of a nervous character, and that during that consultation the deceased told him “ that at times he…
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