National Life & Accident Insurance v. Upchurch

Mrs. Marie Lane Dpchurch instituted suit against National Life and Accident Insurance Company to recover in the sum of $2500 under a double-indemnity provision pf a policy issued to her husband, Benjamin Franklin Dpchurch, in which she was the beneficiary. This clause of the policy reads as follows: “The insurer agrees to pay the beneficiary of record under the policy hereinafter referred to, in addition to the sum insured thereunder, a like amount in like manner (making a total of double the said sum) in the event of the insured’s death resulting within ninety days, directly, and…