New York Life Insurance v. Watters

Separate suits were instituted by appellee against appellants in the Pulaski Circuit Court upon life insurance policies issued by each to her husband, in which she was named as the beneficiary. The defense interposed to each suit was that the insured committed suicide, which was an excepted risk. The causes were consolidated by agreement and submitted to a jury upon the pleadings, evidence, and instructions, which resulted in a verdict and separate judgments against each appellant in favor of appellee, from which is this appeal.

At the conclusion of the testimony appellants requested the court…