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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

James U. Dennis, as Executor of Richard D. Lankford, Deceased, Respondent, v. General Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Limited, of Perth, Scotland, Appellant.
    
      Dennis v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assur. Corp., Limited, of Perth, Scotland, 171 App. Div. 955, affirmed.
    (Argued January 24, 1917;
    decided February 9, 1917.)
    Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department,' entered December 16, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover upon a policy of accident insurance. The testator was found dead in his bathroom with the gas turned on. The defense was suicide, the policy containing a clause that ‘ ‘ suicide, or any attempt thereat, is not covered under this policy.”
    
      Harry B. Bradbury for appellant.
    
      George B. Covington for respondent.
   Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Hiscock, Oh. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan, Cardozo and Crane, JJ.