GILLEY v. UNION LIFE INS. CO.


76 S.E.2d 165 (1953)

194 Va. 966

GILLEY v. UNION LIFE INS. CO.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. May, Martinsville, for plaintiff in error.

Broaddus, Epperly & Broaddus, Martinsville, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


MILLER, Justice.

On June 28, 1950, at the instance of an agent of The Union Life Insurance Company, Inc., plaintiff Edna Gilley, signed a written application for insurance upon the life of her mother, Mary Vena Altizer. A policy of $500 was issued on July 1, 1950, in which plaintiff was named beneficiary. The insured, Mary Vena Altizer, who was 53 years old when the policy was issued and delivered, died on June 23, 1951, of cancer.

The beneficiary, Edna Gilley...

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