Continental Casualty Co. v. Nashville & American Trust Co.

Some time prior to December 13, 1930, the complainant issued its policy for $10,000 insuring Harry Sudekum against loss of life by accidental means and expressly excluding coverage in the event of suicide.

About 6:45 P. M. on December 13,1930, Mr. Sudekum’s body was found suspended from a rope attached to an electric fixture on the wall of his bedroom. Dir. M. GK Buckner, who attended him at one P. M., was called and examined the body at 7 P. M. Dr. Buckner filed the certificate required by the statute then in force and subsequently brought into section 5839 of the Code. In the certificate Dr.…