Stephenson v. Bankers Life Ass'n of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Court. — Hon. Lot Thomas,. Judge. ActioN at law upon a certificate of membership in the defendant association. Defendant pleaded that the assured,. Louis E. Stephenson, committed suicide, and further claimed that no sufficient proofs of death were furnished within the-time required by law and the terms of the certificate. There-was a trial to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for' plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 December 26, 1895, the defendant issued a certificate of membership to Louis E. Stephenson, by the-terms of which it agreed to pay plaintiff, his beneficiary, two thousand dollars, in the event of the death of the assured during the life of the certificate. One of the conditions on, which it was issued was that the certificate should be null and void if death occurred from self-destruction within two-years from its date, whether the member was sane or insane at the time he took his own life. On the twenty-second day of September, 1896, the deceased was found dead in a barn upon his own…
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