Sievers v. Sievers

DIBELL, Justice.

Action by Elizabeth Sievers, widow of George Sievers, and her infant child to recover a portion of the insurance on the life of her husband, paid to the defendants, the beneficiaries in a policy of insurance for $5,000 issued to him by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The defendants collected the insurance in full. They paid the doctor bills of George in the sum of $293, the funeral expenses of $373.50, and paid $1,200 to the plaintiffs; and the suit is for the balance, $3,183.50, claimed and retained by the defendants. There was a verdict for the plaintiffs for…