Odom v. Travelers Insurance

JOHN E. MILLER, Chief Judge.

On December 4, 1957, the plaintiff filed his complaint in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Arkansas, seeking to recover on a policy of life insurance issued to Edd Lee Lovejoy, the insured, by defendant, The Travelers Insurance Company, in the sum of $10,000, together with twelve percent penalty and attorney’s fee.

The policy, No. 2819076, was issued January 28,1957. The beneficiary designated in the policy was “to my estate.” The defendant insurance company agreed in the policy to pay the designated beneficiary at the home office of the company in Hartford,…