Purcell v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion by

Me. Justice Deew,

This is an action in assumpsit instituted by Mary P. Purcell, the designated beneficiary, for the proceeds of an insurance policy upon the life of her husband. The case has been tried three times. At the first trial, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff which, on defendant’s motion, was set aside and a new trial granted by the learned court below, the reasons for which not appearing of record. This court, sustaining one of plaintiff’s objections to a ruling on evidence by the learned trial judge, reversed the judgment entered on the verdict rendered for…