Anderson v. American National Insurance

This was a suit on a policy of life insurance, to which there was a plea of suicide occurring within one year from the time of the issuance of the policy. On the trial the defendant admitted a prima facie case and assumed the burden of proof, and the trial resulted in the direction of a verdict for the defendant, to which the plaintiff excepts by a direct bill of exceptions. Certain oral testimony is set forth in the bill of exceptions, and the bill recites that certain documentary evidence, including the policy sued on, and the proofs of death, embracing the statement of the claimant, the…