National Life & Accident Ins. v. Hamilton

This suit was brought to recover damages for breach of contracts of insurance embodied in a policy issued by the defendant below to the plaintiff below. There was a judgment for the plaintiff for the full amount of premiums that had been paid by him, and this judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. This court has granted petitions for certiorari.

The contract involved was an industrial policy issued August 23, 1926. The insurer undertook to pay to the insured $63 at the end of an endowment period stated or a like sum to the beneficiary of the policy in the event of the insured’s prior…