Parish v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

This was a suit by plaintiffs in error, the beneficiaries named upon a policy of insurance issued by defendant company upon the life of William G-. Parish.

The defendant set up in defense that the insured committed suicide. That by the terms of the policy and the application made therefor it was provided that if the insured should, within two years after the issuance of the policy, commit suicide, sane or insane, the policy should become null and void. And that such suicide was committed within the two years. Defendant attached to its amended answer a copy of the…