Dennis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

On November 18, 1934, Ernest E. Dennis died in Little Rock from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He left surviving him Pearl Dennis, his widow, the appellant in both of the cases on appeal here, and eight children by a former marriage. The children are all minors. The suits for their interests are prosecuted by their respective guardians. The subject-matter in the suit against the Equitable Life Assurance Society was the amount alleged by the plaintiff to be owing to her by reason of a group insurance contract made by the insurance company insuring employees of the Standard Oil Company of New…