Republic National Life Insurance Co. v. Perkins

On November 8, 1930, the Joplin Life Insurance Company issued a policy of life insurance for $5,000 to appellee, Roscoe Perkins. It was alleged in the suit filed by appellee that the appellant, Republic National Life Insurance Company, had assumed all liability under said policy.

The policy contained a provision that upon receipt of proof by the company at its home office that the insured has, while said policy and the supplementary contract are in full force and prior- to the anniversary date of said policy nearest to the sixtieth birthday of the insured, become totally disabled as the result…