Adkins v. Aetna Life Insurance

Haymond, Judge:

On this writ of error the defendant, Aetna Life Insurance Company, seeks reversal of a judgment against it for $1,000.00 in favor of the plaintiff, Ethel Adkins, rendered by the Circuit Court of Cabell County upon the verdict of a jury in that amount.

The action is based upon a group policy of insurance on the life of Roy E. Adkins, the husband of the plaintiff, in the amount of $1,000.00. This policy, dated January 12, 1942, and in which the plaintiff was the named beneficiary, was issued by the defendant and delivered to Smoot Advertising Company. Roy E. Adkins became an…