Suicide

Suicide is the willful and voluntary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction.

Nimick v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 10 Am. Law Beg. (N. S.) 101, Fed. Cas. No. 10,266.

Suicide is the deliberate termination of one's existence, while in the possession and enj'oyment of his mental faculties. Self-killing by an insane person is not suicide.

See Insurance Co. v. Moore, 34 Mich. 41; Weber v. Supreme Tent, 172 N. Y. 490, 65 N. E. 258, 92 Am. St. Rep. 753; Clift v. Schwabe, 3 C. B. 458; Knights Templars, etc., Indemnity Co., v. Jarman, 187 U. S. 197, 23 Sup. Ct. 108, 47 L. Ed. 139; Breasted v. Farmers' L. & T. Co., 8 N. Y. 299, 59 Am. Dec. 482; Daniels v. Railroad Co.., 183 Mass. 393, 67 N. E. 424, 62 In R. A. 751.