Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. v. Lanahan

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, an insurer, challenges a judgment entered against it upon a jury’s verdict of liability under an insurance policy issued on the life of William C. Lana-han, deceased husband of the appellee. The defense was suicide, the defendant counting upon a provision of the policy that if the insured died by self-destruction within two years from the date of its issuance, it was liable only for the premiums paid. The bases for the challenge are alleged errors of the court in its instructions to the jury, exclusion of evidence, and failure to direct a verdict for the…