Commercial Mutual Accident Co. v. Bates

This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellee, Mary Hall Bates, in the circuit court of Kane county, against the appellant, upon an accident insurance policy issued by it to her brother, Erasmus W. Hall, in which she was named as beneficiary. To the declaration the defendant pleaded the general issue and also filed seven special pleas. To these pleas the plaintiff interposed a general demurrer, which the court sustained- On October 1, after the demurrer was sustained to the seven pleas, the defendant obtained leave to file an additional plea, to which a demurrer was also sustained.…