Michael v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Plaintiff in error was the plaintiff in the District Court. She filed an action against the defendant insurance company on two life policies of $1,000.00 each which had been issued on the life of her husband, the decedent, Frank A. Quinn. The answer admitted the issuance of the policies and the death of the insured, but denied liability on the ground that the assured had died by self destruction within two years of the date of the issuance of the policies. It relied upon a clause in the policies which provided “if the assured shall die within two years from the date of this policy by self…