Sellman v. American National Insurance Company

DAVIS, Justice.

On May 3, 1943, American National Insurance Company, hereinafter referred to as the Company, issued to Van I. Sellman, a resident of the State of Arkansas, a policy of life insurance in the principal sum of $500, with double indemnity benefits in case of accidental death, and which policy also contained a cash surrender provision. Bin-hie E. Sellman, wife of the insured, was named as beneficiary in said policy. Sell-man and wife were divorced in Arkansas in 1945. Mrs. Sellman, who had an insurable interest in the life of her husband under the laws of the State of Arkansas,…