Preston v. National Life & Accident Insurance

Bell, Presiding Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Since the parties occupy in this court the .same relative positions that they did in the trial court, they may be referred to as plaintiff and defendant. We shall not deal with the assignments of error seriatim, but will endeavor to state the controlling statutes and principles, and to apply them appropriately to the questions presented. In view of the plaintiffs contention that the laws relating to life insurance were materially changed by statutes enacted in 1912 and 1927, it may be helpful to quote at the outset certain…