Sampson v. Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee

McCALEB, Judge.

This is a suit on a policy of industrial life insttrance by the beneficiary named therein, in which the face value of the policy, $124, is claimed.

The defendant insurer resists liability on the following grounds: (1) That the policy had lapsed for nonpayment of premiums on May 6, 1935, and that it was never effectively reinstated, notwithstanding an abortive effort to accomplish this result. (2) In the alternative, if it should be held that the revival application made by the insured on July 24, 1935, had the effect of reinstating the policy, then the policy is nevertheless…