Hodge v. National Fidelity Ins. Co.

Oxner, Justice.

This is an action on an accident policy issued by the National Fidelity Insurance Company to D. G. 'Hodge on June 10, 1949, in which the insured’s wife, Anna Y. Hodge, was named as beneficiary under the clause insuring against death. The question involved is whether the policy was in force at the time of insured’s death on July 31, 1950. The case was tried at the April, 1951, term of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County. At the close of the testimony offered by the beneficiary, counsel for the insurance company stated that they would offer no testimony and moved for a…