Ideal Electric Co. ex rel. Ryerson v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. McGoorty, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
On May 16,1910, John A. Ryerson came to his death by falling through the open light well from the thirteenth floor to the ground floor of the Chamber of Commerce building in Chicago. Whether with suicidal intent he jumped over the guard railing on the thirteenth floor or involuntarily fell over it into the light well is in dispute.
At the time of his death Ryerson was insured by the defendant, a life insurance company. The policy was dated November 30, 1909, and contained a provision that in case of the suicide of the insured within one year' from the date of the policy the Company’s liability…
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