McDaniels v. Western & Southern Life Insurance

The defendant in error secured a judgment against the plaintiff in error in the circuit court of St. Clair county on an industrial policy issued on the life of the defendant in error’s aunt, Dora McDaniels, Sr., for the sum of $165. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, and the cause is here by writ of certiorari.

The policy is the usual industrial policy. It recites that in consideration of the payment of weekly premiums stated therein, the insurer will pay, upon satisfactory proof of death of the insured, made upon blanks furnished by the company, and…