New York Life Ins. Co. v. Beason

KNIGHT, Justice.

Suit by plaintiff against the New York Life Insurance Company upon a policy of life insurance, insuring the life of Willie Octavia Beason, with the plaintiff as beneficiary.

For all purposes of this case, we may regard and treat it as having been tried on the plea of the general issue, and a special plea setting up that the insured committed suicide, there being a provision in the policy contract that “in the event of self-destruction during the first two insurance years, whether sane or insane, the insurance' under this policy shall be a sum equal to the premiums thereon which…