Zimmerman v. Masonic Aid Ass'n of Dakota

SHIRAB, District Judge.

This case was tried to the court, a jury trial being waived by the parties, and the facts were found in writing. The action is based upon two certificates of membership in the defendant company issued to Gottlob Zimmerman; the same being, in effect, policies of insurance upon the life of said Zimmerman, payable to his wife. • The evidence proved that Zimmerman took his own life; in other words, killed himself by a pistol shot intentionally fired with the purpose of ending his life. In the application signed by the deceased, it is expressly provided that, ‘“if death…