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Paz Lopez De Constantino vs. Asia Life Insurance Company 87 Phil 248

PAZ LOPEZ DE CONSTANTINO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ASIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-1669 and G.R. No. L-1670 | 1950-08-31

EN BANC
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
BENGZON, J.: 
 
These two cases, appealed from the Court of First Instance of Manila, call for decision of the question whether the beneficiary in a life insurance policy may recover the amount thereof although the insured died after repeatedly failing to pay the stipulated premiums, such failure having been caused by the last war in the Pacific. 
 
The facts are these: 
 
First case. In consideration of the sum of P176.04 as annual premium duly paid to it, the Asia Life Insurance Company (a foreign corporation incorporated under the laws of Delaware, U. S. A.), issued on...