First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee v. Roehling

The following opinion was filed November 10, 1936 :

Wickhem, J.

The insured, Herman Roehling, committed suicide on December 11, 1931. For some years prior to his death he had carried four policies of insurance issued *319by the defendant insurance company aggregating $70,000 in face amount. Three policies aggregating $50,000 were originally payable to Roehling’s estate, but on September 29, 1931, Roehling executed a change of beneficiary substituting his wife, defendant Louise Roehling, as beneficiary, with Patricia Roehling as contingent beneficiary. These policies had always been listed in…