Knights Templars & Masons Life Indemnity Co. v. Crayton

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Marshall county in an action of assumpsit by the appellees against the appellant, upon a certificate of membership issued to John Crayton, the father of appellees, providing for the payment to appellees of the sum of $5000 and of the money paid on the policy in assessments, within sixty days after notice and the receipt of satisfactory proofs of death of the said John Crayton.

The policy provided that in case of self-destruction of the holder of the policy, whether voluntary or involuntary,…