Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Tennessee v. Palmer

1. Where the plaintiff sued to recover as the beneficiary in a life-insurance policy which, it was alleged, was issued by the defendant insurance company prior to the death of the insured, who was the plaintiff’s child, and while the insured was in good health, upon an acceptance by the company of a premium which the plaintiff had paid to the local agent of the company, who forwarded the premium to the home office, and the allegations of acceptance and issuance of the policy by the defendant were categorically denied by the defendant in its plea, the burden was upon the plaintiff to establish…