Southern Life Insurance v. White

The controlling question in this case is whether or not the evidence authorized the verdict. On December 12, 1936, the plaintiff’s husband, William W. White (hereafter referred to as the insured), applied to the defendant, Southern Life Insurance Company of Georgia (hereafter referred to as the insurer), for a policy of life insurance, naming as the beneficiary his wife, the plaintiff, Eulalia E. White, who was also an agent of the defendant company. Mrs. White, the plaintiff, testified on cross-examination: “Mr. White’s condition of health on the day *416this policy was taken, on December 12th,…