Brown-Service Ins. Co. v. Wright

HARWOOD, Judge.

Mrs. Mattie Wright, as beneficiary of an insurance policy issued by the Brown-Service Insurance Company on the life of Herman J. Hough, her brother, sued the said company for the amount of the policy, i.e., five hundred dollars.

The complaint was in code form. The defendant’s plea set up that the policy contained the following provisions:

“Limitation of Insurance: * * * The liability of the company shall be limited to the return of the premiums paid on the policy if (1) * * * at the date hereof the insured is not alive and in sound health * * The plea further alleged that the…