Bloom v. Franklin Life Insurance

The policy of insurance upon which the appellant’s complaint is founded contains a provision that if the assured shall die by reason of intemperance from the use of intoxicating liquors, or in the known violation of the laws, of the States or of the United States, the policy shall be void. The answer of the appellee, after setting forth the provision of the policy, proceeds as follows: “And* ¿his ..dpfendarrt;__ avers that the said August Bloom, the assured, came to his death in the following manner, to wit: On o’r'^bout .the 29th day of December, 1881, the said August Bloom, while in a state…