Melvin v. Franklin Life Insurance Co.

SIMPSON, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of involuntary non-suit taken by the plaintiff due to adverse rulings of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County overruling plaintiff’s demurrer to defendant’s pleas and sustaining defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s replications.

The complaint claimed $2,000.00 allegedly due appellant on an insurance policy insuring the life of her husband and issued by appellee. The proceeds of the policy were to be used to pay a mortgage on the insured’s home in the event of his death. Suicide within two years of issuance of the policy was the defense, but this is ^ not…