McDonald v. Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Delaware District Court. — Franklin C. Platt, Judge.' Myrtle L. Irish, now deceased, obtained a policy of insurance on her life from the defendant insurance company. Upon her decease, the appellant, McDonald, claiming to act as administrator of the estate of the said Myrtle Irish, recovered a judgment upon said policy. Thereafter, a new trial was granted the defendant. This appeal is from that order.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
11 grour^strúistñk?ng out material testimony. The motion for a new trial has 14 grounds. Among them is that the court erred in striking out certain testimony given by the parents,1 on an inquiry before a grand jury into whether the said Myrtle died because of a criminal operation, ' . on tlio ground that the parents were not the real parties' in 'interest.
2 insuranceavowSSeof01 ciary^eausing” death. effect. One defense was that the parents of the said Myrtle are'her sole heirs; that these heirs aided in procuring the performance of a criminal operation upon their daughter, and were therefore…
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