Fort Worth Mut. Benev. Ass'n v. Jennings

Appellees brought this suit against the appellant to recover upon a certificate of insurance issued by appellant. The petition sought to recover, the face amount of the policy, and, in the alternative, double the amount of the face of the policy under a stipulation providing for the payment of such double amount where death was caused by accidental means. The defense consisted on the merits of general denial and a plea of suicide. There was a trial to a jury and a special verdict that the deceased did not commit suicide, but met his death as the result of an accident; that the 'policy was…