Abraham Lincoln L. Ins. Co. v. Moore, Admr.

Wiecking, J. —

In December, 1899, the decedent Mary E. Moore became the holder of a life insurance contract in the sum of $2,000, issued by the Supreme Court of Honor. Some years later the liability under such contract was assumed by the Springfield Life Insurance Company of Springfield, Illinois, and about February 14, 1931, the appellant assumed the liability under such contract by a contract of merger and reinsurance with the Springfield Life Insurance Company. At the time of such assumption of liability, the appellant company, by its letter to policyholders, said: “This change will not…