N.W. Nat. Life Ins. v. Canon

This is a suit by the appellee on a policy of life insurance in the principal sum of $1,000, issued by the above named appellant, of date December 11, 1926. The assured was Myron Hendrix Canon, a son of the beneficiary. The assured died February 7, 1936, and, upon refusal of the appellant to pay, this suit was brought. Upon trial without a jury judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the face of the policy, less an agreed credit, also for attorney's fees and penalty.

The defendant pleaded, in bar of the action, the failure of the assured to pay a semiannual premium due upon the…