Central States Life Insurance v. Hale

The appellant in this case admits liability for the face value of a certain policy of insurance, the obligations of which it assumed, but it denied liability under the double indemnity clause. From a judgment against this contention in the circuit court, the appellant has prosecuted this appeal.

The pertinent facts are undisputed and are these: The premiums were payable quarterly, and the last premium before the date of the injury was ’ due on October 19, 1931, with thirty-one days of grace in which to pay the same. The insured was fatally injured in the afternoon of the 19th day of November,…