Mitchell v. . Insurance Co.

On 31 August, 1925, the defendant issued a policy of life insurance upon the life of Henry Jones for $250.00. On 23 April, 1928, an endorsement was stamped on the policy changing the beneficiary to Sallie Mitchell. On 31 August, 1929, the insured, Henry Jones, made application to the defendant to name Hattie Grimes as beneficiary in said policy. In the application for change the insured certified "that the above described policy is destroyed or lost and hereby applies for duplicate." The defendant accepted notice of change but never made an endorsement on the policy for the reason that the…