Natl. Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Baker

I dissent because it is my firm conclusion that the Majority, in reversing the judgment of the Trial Court, is doing substantial violence to our long-established rule that any ambiguity in an insurance contract is to be construed most strongly against the company and most liberally in favor of the insured or beneficiary. Some cases so holding are: Life & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Kinney, 206 Ark. 804, 177 S. W. 2d 768; and Halley v. Mutual Benefit Assn., 215 Ark. 907, 223 S. W. 2d 759. I maintain that an application of this rule would result in an. affirmance of the judgment; and I will now undertake…