Brotherhood of American Yeomen v. Hutchinson

Opinion by

STEPHENSON, C.

The defendant issued its life insurance policy to James Hutchinson in December, 1917, wherein the plaintiff, as the. wife of the insured, was named as the beneficiary. The policy provided, among other things, that if the insured failed to pay the monthly premium on the policy for each month, it should operate to lapse the policy on the last day of the month in which default was made. The insured did not pay his premium on the policy for the month of May, 1918, and did not pay any premium thereon between the months of May and December, 1918. The insured died in the…