New York Life Ins. Co. v. Turner

Appellee brought this suit against the appellant on a policy of life .insurance, dated November '5, 1919, insuring the life of her husband, W. H. Turner. The insured died within two years following the issuance of the policy, and the defendant interposed the plea that within this two-year period, on to wit, January 28, 1921, the insured came to his death by self-destruction — the policy containing the usual suicide clause.

The evidence for the defendant tended to show that the insured died from the effects of carbolic acid internally administered with suicidal intent. The plaintiff in rebuttal…