Hardin v. Volunteer State Life Ins. Co.

LOONEY, Justice.

The events leading to the present controversy, in substance, are these: In June, 1912, Dr. Abell D. Hardin and his wife, Pearl White Hardin, were married and thereafter lived together as husband and wife until the death of Mrs. Hardin, September 30, 1940. On December IS, 1915, the Volunteer State Life Insurance Company issued its policy in the sum of $5,000 on the life of Dr. Hardin, payable on his death to his executors, administrators, etc.; and on March 18, 1925, issued a second policy in the sum of $5,000 on the life of Dr. Hardin, payable on his death to his father and…