GREAT SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. BENSON

No. 7138.

326 S.W.2d 5 (1959)

GREAT SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Janet J. BENSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Fred G. Gannon, Dallas, for appellant.

Witts, Geary, Hamilton & Brice, Bill E. Brice, Jim K. Choate, Dallas, for appellee.


CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to collect the proceeds of an insurance policy. The judgment of the trial court awarding the policy's beneficiary a recovery of the face amount of the policy, the accidental-death benefit payable thereunder, statutory penalty, interest and attorney's fee is affirmed.

The parties tacitly agree that if a monthly premium installment of $18.51 was paid on August 20, 1955, or if its payment was excused under principles of...

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