National Life Co. v. McKelvey

Mr. Judge Hickman

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

In the trial court defendants in error J. H. McKelvey, Jr., and others, as beneficiaries under a life insurance policy issued by National Life Association, predecessor of plaintiff in error, recovered for $2,000.00, the face value of the policy, plus penalties and attorneys’ fees, totalling $640.00, and the judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 88 S. W. (2d) 1061.

The policy was issued September 20, 1912, by National Life Association, incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa as an assessment…