Shockley v. Travelers Insurance

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought suit upon two life insurance policies, seeking to recover the benefits provided for therein in case of the permanent, total disability of the insured husband. Upon a trial before the court without a jury, findings were made, upon which the court entered judgment for the plaintiffs. Defendant appealed.

In December, 1918, the appellant insurance company issued to respondent Wade Lee Shockley, who will hereinafter be referred to as though he were the sole respondent, a life insurance policy in the amount of ten thousand dollars, payable at his death to his…