Alabama Gold Life Insurance v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. ¥i. E. Clarice. This action was brought by Mrs. Sallie A. Thomas, the widow of Eugene A. Thomas, deceased, against the appellant, a domestic corporation engaged in the business of life-insurance; and was founded on two policies of insurance which said Eugene A. Thomas had effected on his own life, and which were regularly assigned by him to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. ¥i. E. Clarice. This action was brought by Mrs. Sallie A. Thomas, the widow of Eugene A. Thomas, deceased, against the appellant, a domestic corporation engaged in the business of life-insurance; and was founded on two policies of insurance which said Eugene A. Thomas had effected on his own life, and which were regularly assigned by him to the plaintiff. The policies were dated, respectively, on the 17th February, and the 11th November, 1869, and each was $5,000; but the plaintiff claimed only $2,500 .on one, and $2,000 on the…
1Opinion of the CourtSomeryille, J.
— The present action is brought against the appellant insurance company, on two policies of life-insurance, the original amounts of which were severally the sum of five thousand dollars each. These policies were taken out on the life of Eugene A. Thomas, the husband of the plaintiff, and were by him assigned to her in due form, by consent of the company. The assured, upon surrendering the original policies within the prescribed time, after they had ceased in consequence of the non-payment of premiums, procured certain indorse*581ments in writing upon these policies, entitling the holder, at…
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