Gates v. Knight Templars & Masonic Mutual Aid Ass'n

Defendant, a foreign life insurance company doing, business on the assessment plan in this State, insured the life of Erskine M. Gates in the sum of two thousand ($2000 ) dollars in favor of his wife who is the plaintiff. The policy provided “that in case a memeber shall die by his own hand, sane or insane, this Association will pay to the beneficiary the amount'of money paid by the member to the Association, without interest, but such payment shall in no case exceed fifty per cent of said sum of two thousand dollars.”

It is admitted that the said Erskine M. Gates committed suicide in this…