Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. Jett

This is a suit upon a life insurance policy by the beneficiary thereof. There was a judgment for the plaintiff below, affirmed by the Court of Appeals, and the defendant has filed a petition for certiorari.

On May 29, 1929, defendant Insurance Company issued a policy on the life of Oscar Jett, Jr., ag’ed seven years, his mother, plaintiff Leatha Jett, being named as beneficiary. On January 15, 1932, a physician was called to see the child, the latter being ill, and the doctor diagnosed his case as tuberculosis of the left hip joint. After treatment for some eleven months, an operation was…