Life and Casualty Company of Tennessee v. Hendon

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sampson

Beversing.

Appellee, Elizabeth Hendon, was the beneficiary in a policy of insurance issued by the appellant, Life & ■Casualty Company of Tennessee, on February. 19, 1923. to her husband, Gentry Hendon, the principal sum in the policy being $240.00, payable .on the death of the insured, Gentry Hendon. He died June 2, 1923. The premiums which were due weekly had all been paid. Appellee, Elizabeth Hendon, furnished proof of the death, but the company denied liability, hence this suit. In its answer appellant company relied upon this clause in the policy in…