Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Lathrop
Citations
- 111 U.S. 612
- 4 S. Ct. 533
- 28 L. Ed. 536
- 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1821
Syllabus
<p>Court and Ju/ry Trial — Evidence.</p> <p>The rale reaffirmed, that a ease should not be -withdrawn from the jury unless the testimony be of such a conclusive character as to compel the court in the exercise of a sound legal discretion, to set aside a verdict in opposition to - it.</p> <p>Upon an issue, in a suit upon a life policy, as to the insanity of the insured at the time he took his own life, the opinion of a non-professional witness as to his mental condition, in connection with a statement of the facts and circumstances, within his personal knowledge, upon which that opinion is based, is competent evidence.</p>
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- “[whether [plaintiffs] strange demeanor ... was the result of a deliberate, conscious purpose to feign insanity ... was a matter peculiarly within the province of the jury to determine”
- “[wjhether [plaintiffs] strange demeanor ... was the result of a deliberate, conscious purpose to feign insanity ... was a matter peculiarly within the province of the jury to determine”
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Judges: Harlan
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