Gifford v. Provident Life Insurance

CROWNOVER, J.. The original bill in this cause Was filed by complainant, Mrs. Gifford, for the purpose of collecting one thousand dollars, the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of her dead husband, Jesse Owen Gifford, an employee of King, Dobbs & Co., of Chattanooga, payable to her as beneficiary.

The defendant answered and admitted the issuance of the policy, but denied that it was indebted to the complainant in any sum: (1) Because the insured was not an employee of the King, Dobbs & Co., at the undetermined time of his alleged death, according to the terms of the policy. (2)…