Northwestern Life Assurance Co. v. Sturdivant

JAMES, Chief Justice.

Appellant contended that the policy on the life of appellee’s husband was forfeited. The following facts, which according to our view of the case are the material ones, appear from the evidence:

Sturdivant had a policy on his life in the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association, dated October 35, 1893. Appellant had absorbed and assumed the obligations of this association. The premiums were payable every two months at the office of appellant, which was in the city of Chicago. The premium in question, pursuant to a notice regularly given, became due on April 25, 1897. Prior to…