Federal Life & Casualty Co. v. Weyer

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This appeal involves Ark. Stat. Ann. § 66-3238 (Supp. 1963), a statute allowing penalty and attorneys’ fees in certain suits against insurance.

The facts are' not disputed. In 1957, appellant Federal Life and Casualty Company issued a policy to appellee Zieba Weyer providing for payment of $100.00 per month for twelve months if she became totally disabled as a result of sickness. Early in 1963, appellee made a claim for benefits and was paid for a period from February to May 1963.' Appellant determined that the insured had resumed work in April, 1963, and wrote…