Old American Insurance Co. v. Hartsell

This is a suit by Clara E. Hartsell, as the beneficiary named in a policy of insurance issued by the appellant insurance company on December 29, 1925, on the life of her husband, John T. Hartsell, in the sum of one thousand dollars. The complaint alleged the issuance of the policy, the payment of the premiums, the death of the insured, and the proof of loss, and prayed judgment for the amount of the policy, with the statutory penalty and attorney’s fee, as the company had denied liability.

An answer was filed, in which the company admitted the execution of the policy, the payment of the…