Smith v. Tennessee Life Insurance Co.

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

Walter A. Smith, appellant, sued Tennessee Life Insurance Company, appellee, to recover the proceeds on a policy of life insurance issued to Darwin A. Smith. The trial court entered a taking nothing judgment based on a jury verdict that Darwin A. Smith had committed suicide. Smith attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict. He further asserts that the court erred in admitting opinion testimony of experts that the deceased committed suicide. The judgment will be reversed and the cause remanded.

Darwin A. Smith died on May 28,1972, as a result of a…