Combined Insurance Co. of America v. Dreyfus

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This action originated in the municipal court of Forrest City. Appellee, Mrs. Laverne C. Dreyfus, brought suit against appellant, Combined Insurance Company of America, to recover $243.33, two statutory penalties, and attorney’s fees. The suit was based on a hospitalization policy issued by appellant to appellee. In municipal court appellee recovered a judgment exceeding the $300 jurisdictional limit, of the municipal court. On appeal to circuit court the judgment likewise exceeded the jurisdictional limit of the municipal court.

Mrs. Dreyfus applied for hospital insurance…