JONES v. AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 73-120.

500 S.W.2d 748 (1973)

Sharon Kay JONES, Appellant, v. AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Allen, Murphy, Arnold & Blair, by H. David Blair, Batesville, for appellant.

Davidson, Plastiras & Horne, Ltd., by Allen W. Horne, Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

Appellant is the beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued by appellee to her former husband who was accidentally killed. The appellee refused payment on the basis that the policy had lapsed for nonpayment of premium. Appellant contended in the trial court and now on appeal that the policy had not lapsed because the appellee had accepted a check as absolute payment for the premium due and, in the alternative...

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