General American Life Insurance v. Chatwell

This suit was brought January 26, 1940, by appellee against appellant in the chancery court of Sebastian county, Fort Smith district, to recover premiums he had paid after October 23,1934, on a life insurance policy issued to him on December 5, 1927, by the Missouri State Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, which contained a total and permanent disability clause and which contract was assumed by appellant on September 7, 1933.

The complaint alleged, in substance, the issuance of the policy, its assumption by appellant and the disability provisions of the policy; that appellee was…