Strawhorne v. Atlantic Coast Life Insurance

Taylor, Justice.

Appellant issued its policy of life insurance to the insured, Rebecca W. Strawhorne, the wife of the Respondent, on December 7, 1959, wherein it agreed to pay at her death benefits in the amount of $2,000.00 with double indemnity pro visions for accidental death, the policy containing the following limitation with reference to death benefits:

“The liability of the Company hereunder shall be limited under the following conditions to a return of the premiums paid on the policy: * * * (2) If the insured shall die by his or her own hands, whether sane or insane, for the first two…