JEFFERSON LIFE & CAS. CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 41492.

238 Miss. 878 (1960)

120 So.2d 160

JEFFERSON LIFE & CASUALTY COMPANY v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidelberg, Woodliff, Castle & Franks, Jackson, for appellant.

Nelson Cauthen, Canton, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

This case turns on the answer to this question: May a party rely on his own conduct, from which an estoppel may have arisen against him, for his own protection?

This is a suit for the recovery of medical and hospital benefits under a health and accident insurance policy. The insured recovered judgment below and the insurer appeals.

On August 16, 1957, insurer's agent solicited for insurer a...

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