Bostic v. American Nat. Ins. Co.

In April, 1920, the American National Insurance Company, appellee in this proceeding, issued a policy insuring the life of McKinley Cook in the sum of $325. Cook was at the time about 19 years of age, and unmarried. His sister, the appellant, was named §s the beneficiary in the policy. In April, 1928, the sister, joined by her husband, filed this suit against the insurance company, alleging that Cook was dead. As evidence of his death she alleged that he had absented himself from his last known place of residence since December, 1920, and had not during that time been heard from. The case was…