Bryan v. Nat. Life Insurance Association

The plaintiff sues to recover on a policy of insurance payable to her on the life of her daughter, dated March 22, 1890, the terms of which required the payment in advance of a certain sum, or of one dollar on the 15th day of each month for twenty years, at the option of the plaintiff, who chose the latter mode. The application was dated March 18, 1890, at which time the first payment was made, and so on until December 15, 1891, when the last payment was made. The insured died January 28, 1892. The defence is that the policy had lapsed by non-payment of premium. The jury gave a verdict for…