Koon v. Pioneer-Pyramid Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The facts out of which this action arose, briefly stated, are these: The defendant company issued to the South Carolina State Teachers’ Association, for the benefit of its members, a group policy of insurance, under which the plaintiff, Koon, was insured in the sum of $5,000.00. The policy and the individual certificate issued the member contained the following provision, pertinent here: “If any Employee shall furnish the Company with due proof that while insured under this policy and before having attained the age of sixty, he has…