Johnson v. Farmers and Bankers Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action to recover double indemnity under a policy of life insurance. The trial court sustained defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence and he appeals.

In his petition plaintiff alleged that in December, 1934, defendant issued its policy of insurance on the life of his wife Dawn M. Johnson, in the principal sum of $1,000, naming plaintiff as the beneficiary, and that a rider attached to the policy provided that the sum of $2,000 would be paid in lieu of the face of the policy in the event that the death of Dawn M. Johnson…