National Life and Accident Insurance Co. v. Blagg

GREENHILL, Justice.

This is a suit upon an alleged contract of life insurance. Alvin Lee Blagg applied to the National Life and Accident Insurance Company for a life insurance policy, and at the time of his application he was issued a “conditional receipt” for his deposit of the first premium of $8.50 on the proposed insurance. Blagg died before any insurance policy was issued. His widow brought this suit against the company to recover $10,000, the amount of the policy applied for, basing her suit on the terms of the “conditional receipt” issued to Blagg. Trial was to a jury, and judgment was…