Legal Opinion
Cauthen v. National Bankers Life Insurance
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 11, 1956No. 40197PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
Mrs. T. T. Cauthen, widow and sole heir-at-law of T. T. Cauthen, deceased, sued National Bankers Life Insur anee Company, under its policy No. 354307 issued to her husband, to recover for hospital and surgical expenses.
The declaration charged that T. T. Cauthen, on June 23, 1953, applied to the defendant for the policy, paying a registration fee of $6 and six months premium of $36.40; that the authorized agent of the defendant issued to him a receipt in the following words and figures to wit:
“DATE 6-23-53
“Received of T. T. Cauthen
the sum of forty-two & 40/100 Dollars, $42.40 for Registration…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Savage v. Prudential Life Ins. Co. of AmericaMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
- Lavender v. Volunteer State Life Ins.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1934
- New York Life Ins. v. WareMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
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- Robert Gladney v. Paul Revere Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Old Equity Life Insurance Company v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
- Sessoms v. Allstate Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1994
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