Denney v. Life Casualty Ins. Co.

This is a suit by the beneficiary of two industrial insurance policies, totaling $602, issued on the life of the complainant’s grandson, Leon Denney. The insurer defended on the ground that the policies had lapsed for non-payment of premiums, and that it had made settlement in full with complainant by paying him $76.87, which was the amount of paid-up insurance under one of the policies and the extended insurance under the other, less a loan of $18.80. The chancellor sustained this defense and dismissed the bill.

Complainant appealed and has assigned errors, insisting that the preponderance of…