Finch v. Bond

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Turner

Affirming.

William G. Bond was a locomotive engineer, employed by the Illinois Central Railroad, his run being from *390Memphis, Tennessee to Fulton, Kentucky. When in Fulton'he boarded with appellant, Susan A. Finch, and in August, 1910, being indebted to her and unable to pay, he took out a policy for $1,000 in the National Council of the Knights and Ladies of Security, naming Mrs. Finch as the beneficiary.

Thereafter, and in January, 1913, he was killed, and Mrs. Finch instituted this action against the company on the policy; the widow and children of Bond…