Mutual Life & Loan Ass'n of America v. Jackson

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by defendant in error, T. -A. Jackson, in the county court of Eranklin county, seeking to set aside a settlement and cancel a release, and to recover upon a mutual insurance policy issued on the life of Harry Pierson, an uncle of Jackson, and payable to Jackson as beneficiary named in the policy, for its face value in the sum of $1,000, issued by plaintiff in error, Mutual Rife & Loan Association of America, a mutual assessment company. The settlement and written release of the claim sought to be canceled is alleged to have been procured by D. 0.…