Security Life Insurance Company v. Leeper

This is an action instituted by appellee on á life insurance policy in the sum of $5,000 to recover an unpaid balance, alleged to be justly due, there, having already been paid a part of the sum named in the policy. Appellant defended on the ground that there was no liability at all on account of violation of a clause in the policy against suicide within one year, and defended also on the ground that there had been a settlement of the disputed claim, and that appellant had executed a release in consideration of the sum agreed upon.

The policy in question was issued on July 10, 1919, on the…