Shearer v. Pioneer Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiER Justice StabeEr.

On December 2, 1930, the first-named defendant herein insured the life of the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000.00. That company, it is claimed, thereafter merged its business with the Pyramid Dife and formed a new corporation, the Pioneer-Pyramid, which assumed all liabilities of the outstanding business of the Pioneer Company, including the policy here in question. The contract of insurance provided, as to total disability of the insured, that “upon receipt of due proof while this policy is in full force that such total…