Equit. Life Assur. Soc. of the U.S. v. Skaggs

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

For a long time prior to December 2, 1930, tbe appellee and plaintiff below, Amos Skaggs, was an •employee of the Consolidated Coal Company at its mining operations 'in Yan Lear, Johnson county, Ky. ■On that day he was discharged, but prior thereto, and ■on June 1, 1929, the appellant and defendant below, the' Equitable Life Asurance Society of the United ¡States, issued its group policy No. 3028 to the Consolidated Coal 'Company, insuring the lives of certain •of its employees (including plaintiff) and conferring upon them certain other benefits.…