Merchants & Bankers Guaranty Co. v. Washington

This action was commenced in the district court of Okfuskee county by Larita Washington, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against the Merchants & Bankers Guaranty Company, hereinafter referred to as defendant, as an action upon a life insurance policy issued by defendant upon the life of G. D. Washington, deceased husband of plaintiff. Plaintiff was the beneficiary named in said policy. The cause was tried to a jury and a verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $800. From a judgment thereon, defendant has appealed.

The principal contention of defendant is that the policy…