Home Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Mayfield
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; James Cochran, Judge; STATEMENT OF FACTS. T. 'B. Mayfield sued the Home Mutual Benefit Association upon two certificates of insurance. Tbe material facts are as follows: The Home Mutual Benefit Association is located at.Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is engaged in tbe business of writing life and accident insurance on tbe mutual or co-operative plan.
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; James Cochran, Judge; STATEMENT OF FACTS. T. 'B. Mayfield sued the Home Mutual Benefit Association upon two certificates of insurance. Tbe material facts are as follows: The Home Mutual Benefit Association is located at.Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is engaged in tbe business of writing life and accident insurance on tbe mutual or co-operative plan. On tbe 22d day of November, 1915, tbe defendant issued to tbe plaintiff a life and accident certificate by wbicli tbe association was bound at tbe death of tbe plaintiff, or upon his suffering tbe total loss of…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). It is earnestly insisted by counsel for the defendant that the evidence is not sufficient to warrant the verdict.
According to the testimony of the plaintiff, May-field, he took out the policies sued on in November and December, 1915, and since that time has kept the premiums paid. He admitted that his eyesight had been weak for fifteen or twenty years, but stated that he told this fact to the agent when he made his application for insurance. The trial was had in July, 1919, and May-field said that his eyes continued to be about the same until about a year ago, at…
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