Hollis v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co.

COMBS, Justice.

For convenience we will designate the plaintiff in error as plaintiff, the position which he occupied in the trial court, and the defendant as “the insurance company.”

From 1925 to October, 1930, the plaintiff was continuously employed by the Gulf Oil Corporation at Port Arthur, Tex., and as such employee he was insured under a policy of group insurance designated as No. G^5545. A certificate issued to the plaintiff under said policy was in the original sum of $1,000, with provisions for increasing the amount at the rate of $100 per year of service. The master policy contained…