American Casualty & Life Co. v. Hays

HALE, Justice.

Appellees instituted this suit in the Justice Court for the recovery of $150, alleged to be due under a policy of insurance issued on the life of their father. They recovered judgment for the amount claimed in the Justice Court and again in the County Court, where the case was tried without a jury. The controlling question on this appeal is whether the trial court correctly construed the policy sued upon.

It is the contention of appellant that the policy did not afford any coverage for the death of the insured from natural causes, because he was 70 years of age at the time the…