Cory v. Woodmen Accident Co.

Defendant in error, Lamina Cory, the widow of Martin C. Cory, obtained a judgment in the circuit court of Pike county for $1000 and costs of suit against plaintiff in error, the Woodmen Accident Company, a corporation. An appeal was prosecuted to the Appellate Court for the Third District, where the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed. A writ of certiorari was granted by this court to the insurance company, and the cause is here for review.

The action in the circuit court was assumpsit upon an accident insurance policy issued by the company on June 3, 1912, to Martin C. Cory. The…