American Nat. Ins. Co. v. Allee

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the County-Court of Foard County by the appellee, Mrs. Maurice Allee, to recover the sum of $1,000 on an insurance policy in which she was named beneficiary issued by the appellant, American National Life Insurance Company, December 31, 1914, on the life of her husband, James Robert Allee, who died on March 16, 1937.

The appellant admitted in its pleading issuing the policy and the payment of the premiums thereon but pleads that on May 27, 1936, James Robert Allee was adjudged insane by a court of competent jurisdiction and by reason of such…