Johns v. Northwestern Mutual Relief Ass'n

Cassoday, 0. J.

This action in equity was commenced September 23,1893,. to enforce an assessment to pay the loss suffered by the death of Hubert Johns, June 1, 1893, under the contract of insurance. The case was here upon a former appeal, and we held that there was no liability for such death, for the reason that it was the result of “suicide or self-destruction,” but left it open to be determined whether a recovery could be had for a percentage of the assessments paid by the deceased, under the peculiar wording of the contract, and so remanded the case for further proceedings according to…