Life & Casualty Insurance v. Dunham

The appellee, Alma Dunham, commenced this action in the Arkansas County Circuit Court against the appellant, Life & Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee, for the recovery of $435 alleged to be due her from appellant, under a policy of insurance, written on the life of her son, Theodore Clemons. The policy was issued under the industrial plan, and did not require a medical examination prior to its issuance. The application was signed at Stuttgart, Arkansas.

The insured was an inmate of the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, and it is contended by appellant that he was there as an inmate at…