Carson v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
Ohio Supreme Court
1ConcurrenceTaft, J.
There may be instances where the only evidence produced or introduced to rebut the presumption against suicide is evidence which the jury may quite properly disbelieve in exercising its function as trier of the facts and judge of the credibility of witnesses. In such an instance, if the rule is as broadly stated as is suggested in paragraph two of the syllabus of Hassay v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 140 Ohio St., 266, 43 N. E. (2d), 229, or in paragraph three of the sylla*245bus of Hrybar v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 140 Ohio St., 437, 45 N. E. (2d), 114, then incredible evidence or evidence…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hrybar v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1942
- Hassay v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1942