Rawls v. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; Rhydon M. Call, Judge. Suit by Edna M. Rawls against the Penn Mutual Rife Insurance Company of Philadelphia on two life insurance policies. From a judgment. rejecting her demands, she prosecutes this writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
JACK, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error, as beneficiary, sued the defendant on two policies of insurance, for $7,000 and $3,000, respectively, issued on the life of her husband.
The premiums due for the year 1910 were not paid, and the insured failed to exercise within the time limit any of the options provided in such event, and the policies consequently lapsed. Several months later, however, without any new examination, the policies were reinstated and the premiums receipted for. The premiums were not paid in cash, but in two separate certificates executed by the insured, in each of…
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