Cantrell v. Benefit Ass'n of Railway Employees

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment in favor of each plaintiff for individual claims alleged to be due each of them under a contract of group insurance. The contract covered hospital and medical expense incurred by those insured.

The contract was originally drafted on May 12, 1952, and was made effective from May 1, 1952, until May 1, 1953.

It contained this clause: “In event the number of insureds hereunder becomes less than twenty-five, the Association shall decline to renew this policy at the expiration of the current insurance year. If the number of Insureds hereunder becomes…