FARMERS MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO. v. BECHARD

No. 9980.

122 N.W.2d 86 (1963)

FARMERS MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an insurance corporation, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Darleen BECHARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martens, Goldsmith, May & Porter, Pierre, for defendant and appellant.

Agor, Bantz, Siegel & Barnett, Aberdeen, for plaintiff and respondent.


BIEGELMEIER, Judge.

It has been said facetiously of insurance policies "The front page giveth but the back page taketh away." The facts here involve their cant phraseology.

Plaintiff insurance company brought this action for a declaratory judgment to determine the rights of the parties under the Death and Disability provisions of an insurance policy issued to George Bechard in which defendant was beneficiary. The action was tried to the court which entered...

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