Lamar Life Ins. Co. v. Kemp

Appellee brought this action against appellant in the circuit court of Rankin county to recover one thousand dollars, the face value of a life insurance policy issued and delivered by appellant to John Ellie Kemp,” the seventeen year old son of appellee, in which policy ap-pellee was named as beneficiary. The policy was issued on November 25, 1927, and a few days thereafter delivered to the insured, who died on April 14,1928. There was a trial, resulting in a verdict and judgment for ap-pellee, from which judgment the appellant prosecuted this appeal.

Appellant’s defense was that the policy of…