Tynes v. Supreme Life Insurance Co. of America

Neely, Justice:

This appeal was granted to determine whether the Circuit Court of Mercer County correctly interpreted a policy of life insurance. As this Court finds that the Circuit Court correctly applied the provisions of the insurance contract and that the policy provisions are not contrary to West Virginia law, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Mercer County is affirmed.

In 1961 the defendant, Supreme Life Insurance Company, issued a life insurance policy to William Thomas Morgan, then forty-two years old, in the amount of $5,000.00. From the date of issuance through December 1971 the…