Richardson v. New York Life Ins.

This is an appeal from judgments for defendants in five actions on policies of insurance. The insurance companies had paid the face amount of the policies and the actions were instituted to recover under double indemnity provisions. The defense was that insured had committed suicide, a risk not covered by the double indemnity provisions, and verdict was directed for the companies on that ground. The evidence showed that the insured was found dead in his apartment, sitting on a couch, with a bullet through his brain, a bullet hole in his right temple, a pistol fully loaded, except for one…