Harless v. Atlantic Life Insurance

In this suit on a life insurance policy to collect double indemnity for accidental death, the trial court struck out the plaintiffs’ evidence on the ground that the insured committed suicide. The jury thereupon returned a verdict for the defendant, upon which judgment was entered, and this writ of error tests the validity of the court’s action.

The insured was Thomas E. Harless. The plaintiffs are his administratrix, who was his mother, and Burnett, to *828whom the insured had assigned the policy as security for a debt.

The policy was dated December 18, 1945. It was for $5,000, payable to the…