Poles v. State Mutual Benefit Society

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

These two cases were by agreement tried before one jury in the court below and were argued at the same time before this court. As the questions involved in the two cases are the same, they will be disposed of by us in one opinion. The suits were brought by Anna Poles in one case against the Industrial Health, Accident and Life Insurance Company, now called Industrial Life Insurance Company, and in the other case against the State Mutual Benefit Society, to recover the face of industrial life insurance policies on the life of a sister of the beneficiary. The sole defense…