Travelers Insurance v. Fox

William A. Gattis, a colored man, was employed for four or five years as foreman of a gang of negro stevedores by the United Fruit Company, who took out a group policy of life and disability insurance covering its employees. Gattis, as one of these, held a certificate issued to him by the company certifying

“that under and subject to the terms and conditions of a Group Life Policy of Insurance Eo. G. 3040, issued and delivered by the Travelers’ Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, the life of William Andrew Gattis, an employee of United Pruit Company * * * and a member of the Association…