Aetna Life Insurance v. Sugg
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 57 — ACTION BY MARY E. SUGG AGAINST THE AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. TO RECOVER ON LIFE OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND Appeal from Logan Circuit Court. W- P- Sandidge, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The insured took out a twenty-pay policy for $5,000 in appellant comipany, paid nine premiums and defaulted in further premiums. He died' four and a half years after the first default.
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Case 57 — ACTION BY MARY E. SUGG AGAINST THE AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. TO RECOVER ON LIFE OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND Appeal from Logan Circuit Court. W- P- Sandidge, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The insured took out a twenty-pay policy for $5,000 in appellant comipany, paid nine premiums and defaulted in further premiums. He died' four and a half years after the first default. Within five years from, first default his wife and beneficiary demanded a paid-up policy for $2,150, which wasi refused, and brought suit for that amount. Under the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Settle
Affirming.
Henry H. Sngg, of Logan county, at 45 years of age procured on his life what is called a twenty-payment policy of insurance for $5,000 in the appellant company, and the annual premium on which was $203.90. He paid nine annual premiums, -hut failed to pay any subsequent premium maturing before his death, which occurred four years and eleven days after the first default in the payment of premium. Alfter his death, and within five years of the time of the first default in the payment of premium, his widow, the appellee, Mary E. Sugg, beneficiary in the policy,…
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