Weeks v. Pilot Life Insurance Co.

Bussey, Justice.

In this action plaintiff-appellant, as named beneficiary, seeks to recover benefits allegedly due under a group insurance policy upon the death of her husband, Clarence Weeks, on December 23, 1964. The trial judge granted a directed verdict in favor of the defendant-insurer and the plaintiff has appealed.

It is elementary that in the decision of this appeal the evidence and all of the inferences reasonably deducible therefrom have to be viewed in the light most favorable to the appellant. We state the facts in the light of the foregoing principle. The respondent (who will be…