Green v. Bankers Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DawsoN, J.:

This was an action to reinstate an insurance policy and collect the amount alleged to be due thereon. The policy was for $1,000; it was issued to Ralph S. Green; and his mother, the plaintiff, was named as beneficiary. After payment of the first three annual premiums of $24.70 each, the insured entered the army, and considerable correspondence passed between the defendant and one T. P. Downs, a Mitchell county banker, touching the effect on Green’s policy by his enlistment. The record does not show that Downs was the authorized agent of…