BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES v. DAHN

No. 3208.

272 S.W.2d 762 (1954)

BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES, Appellant, v. Opal DAHN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. A. Kilpatrick, Cleburne, for appellant.

Glyndon M. Hague, Gean B. Turner, Cleburne, for appellee.


HALE, Justice.

Appellee, Mrs. Opal Dahn, sued appellant for benefits alleged to be due her under a policy of insurance on account of the death of her husband. The policy excluded indemnity for loss caused by suicide. Appellant denied liability on the ground that appellee's husband had committed suicide by shooting himself. Upon the conclusion of the evidence the court submitted the case to the jury on the following special issue: "Do you find from a preponderance...

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