Neider v. Continental Assur. Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

In this suit the beneficiary named in a certificate of insurance issued under a group policy of life insurance seeks to collect from the insurer the amount of insurance specified in the certificate. The insurance company resists payment on the ground that the life insurance policy, as per certificate issued, had expired for nonpayment of premiums prior to the death of the insured.

The plaintiff, Mrs. William L. Henderson, alleged in her petition that the defendant, Continental Assurance Company, was indebted to her in the full sum of $3000 by reason of her being the…