Meadows v. Continental Assur. Co.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellants’ suit on two policies of insurance on the life of Columbus B. Meadows, identical except as to amount, was tried by the judge without a jury on facts in part stipulated and in part proven without conflict, and terminated in a judgment for the insurer-ap-pellee. Four questions are presented: (1) Whether oral evidence as to the meaning in the policies of the words “default” and “date of default” was binding on the court in construing them; (2) whether extended insurance began on the date the last premium was payable or at the end of the grace…