Evans v. Independent Nat. Life Ins. Co.

This is a suit by a beneficiary to recover the sum of $250, the face value of an industrial life insurance policy. The defendant company admitted the issuance of the policy and proper proof of death, but denied liability on the ground that the plaintiff had no insurable interest in the said policy because his relationship to deceased was only that of cousin and that the beneficiary had caused the policy to be taken out upon the. life of his deceased cousin and had paid the premiums'. There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff, as prayed for, and the defendant has appealed.

The first question…