Home Beneficial Life Insurance v. Partain

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff (appellee) as beneficiary under a policy of accident insurance issued to her husband, Ernest E. Partain, the insured, by the defendant (appellant) insurance company (referred to below as the “Company”). The pertinent provisions of the policy are that:

“[The Company] insures the person designated as the Insured * * * and subject to all provisions of this Policy, WILL PAY to the Beneficiary * * * the principal sum [$1,000] * * * upon receipt of due proof of the death of the Insured * * * as a result…