Columbus Mutual Life Ass'n v. Plummer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on an insurance policy. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This is a suit in assumpsit, brought by appellees on a policy of insurance on the life of their mother, Lillie Plummer, issued by appellant. On the 22d of October, 1898, a demurrer to the amended declaration was overruled. Appellant stood by its demurrer and refused to plead; whereupon a default was taken and a judgment rendered for $1,000, from which order an appeal was prayed. On the 31st of October appellant filed a motion to set aside the default and judgment and for leave to plead. On the 19th of November it presented a plea of the general issue and six special pleas supported by…
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