Brennan v. National Life & Accident Ins.

On July 31, 1927, Joseph J. Brennan made application to the defendant, National Life & Accident Insurance Company, Inc., of Nashville, Tenn., for life insurance, under which a policy was issued on August 19, 1927, in which plaintiff, Mrs. Alice Brennan, wife of the insured, was named as beneficiary. The insured died on December 4, 1927, after an illness of several weeks, and defendant refusing to pay, after proof of death and demand, plaintiff instituted this action on the policy, and, on trial, judgment being rendered against defendant for the amount of the policy, it appealed.

The defense…