National Life & Accident Insurance v. Roberts

Mrs. Roy Roberts sued National Life & Accident Insurance Company, alleging that she was the wife of John M. Rooks until he died on August 2, 1937, after which date she married again, and is now Mrs. Roy Roberts; that she and her deceased husband entered into a contract of insurance with the defendant on February 24, 1936, wherein the defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiff, the beneficiary, the sum of $500 in the event of the death of the insured John M. Rooks, for the stated premium of 42 cents weekly, which the deceased and the plaintiff kept paid up until the time of his death; that her…