STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO. v. LATHAM

No. 46240.

249 So.2d 375 (1971)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant, v. Mrs. Janelle C. LATHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipscomb, Barksdale, Steen & Caraway, Jimmy B. Reynolds, Jr., Jackson, for defendant-appellant.

Roy Noble Lee, Tom S. Lee, Forest, for plaintiff-appellee.


PATTERSON, Justice:

The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Scott County in favor of Mrs. Janelle C. Latham in the sum of $5,000. The facts, which are not in controversy, are as follows:

On February 19, 1965, State Farm issued an insurance policy to Kelly N. Latham and his wife, Janelle C. Latham. This policy contained death benefits, pertinent here, in these terms:

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