Ford v. American National Insurance

Plaintiff brought the action below to enforce her rights as the beneficiary under a $10,000 life insurance contract allegedly made between her husband, Edsel Ford, and defendant life insurance company on or about October 22, 1967. Plaintiff’s husband died unexpectedly November 24, 1967, after two days of hospitalization. An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a brain tumor. On December 15, 1967, defendant through its agent tendered back to plaintiff the $5.50 premium paid by plaintiff’s husband on the insurance policy in question at the time it was first applied for. Plaintiff refused…