Manhattan Life Insurance Company v. Harkrider

PHILLIPS, Justice.

Elizabeth B. Harkrider, plaintiff-appellee, brought this suit against Manhattan Life Insurance Company, defendant-appellant, 1 to collect the $10,000 face amount of a policy of life insurance which defendant sold to her late husband, Rupert R. Hark-rider (hereinafter called the insured) on his life, with plaintiff as beneficiary; and, the defendant having refused to pay the claim for more than thirty days after demand and proof of loss, to recover also interest on the amount due, together with the statutory penalty, attorneys’ fees and costs of suit.

The insurance company…