The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
NOVEL POINTS OF THE LAW.

| The Supreme Court Of Minnesota
holds in Lcdy w. National Council
Knights and Ladies' Of Security that
extension of the period for decrease In
| amount of insurance from two to five
years where insured shall commit
suicide, sane or insane. is binding on
one who commits suicide while sane
| where the contract provides that in
sured shall he bound by laws then In
force or thereafter enacted, though such
| extension may not extend to ono com
| hitting suicide when insane. The theory
| upon which this case goes is that while
amendments of the laws of such an or
| der are limited t. details Of manage
ment rather than to- basic matters OF
conduct between II and members, yet
suicide by one sane reasonably may be
| forbidden In the future.
The court said: THE reasons for
| validity of amendment are various.
| Attention is frequently called to the
| fact that AT common law suicide was
d crime which entailed forfeiture OF
| property, that while the successful per-
petrator Is beyond the reach of the law
| nc commits an act which is nahum in
sc and which the law tries to prevent
| by all the means In its power: that
| he has no moral, legal or other right
| to commit such an act that the law
| cannot say that a provision which pre-
vents him from fastening liability upon
| the association by his own criminal act
| voluntarily committed IL unreason able.
| and that such a provision no, only in
vades no legal or vested right but
takes away a possible Incentive to COM
| NIT a hcinous offence"
| Tho Court OF Appeals of Missouri de-
| cided In Melcher VIZ. Freehold Inv. Co.
hnnna 30 nse roa.o,,hia cosa and 400.
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| .ara anr,ia,cas I'm, no, ,ho ,o,,.s, a,a
hest no ia no, nro,ec,ad he his ruia
| wbera /. subtle and da,gornn. ,b,n,
| such a. .toc,rjci,v 10 rsod Tba a,,as,
ton arose through tho damage suit of
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| yn. ,r,ured nv an .iec,r,c .boct, no.
ca,,so ;he ennloynr hed s,,,oh IN Ju.
stall a "ughtninr arrester" The court
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