Indiana National Life Insurance v. Maines

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Carroll

Reversing.

On August 1,1916, Edgar B. Maines was procured by W. P. Strader, an agent of the appellant insurance company, to make application for a policy in the sum of §1,000.00 for the use and benefit of his wife, the appellee, Jennie Maines, for which he was to pay then and each year thereafter a premium of $46.63. On August 5, 1916, Maines was killed and his widow, the beneficiary, thereafter, upon the refusal of the company to pay the insurance, brought this suit and recovered judgment for the full amount thereof.

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