Aetna Life Insurance v. J. B. Parker & Co.

This action was brought by J.B. Parker Co. against the Aetna Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., to recover of the defendant a stipulated indemnity for injuries received by the insured during the life of a certain policy of accident insurance issued by the company to William Shelvy, and which had been assigned by the said Shelvy to the plaintiffs; and as a penalty the further sum of 12 per cent of the amount of the indemnity due under said policy and a reasonable attorney fee, which was alleged to be $50; the total amount for which judgment was prayed aggregated $371 and costs.…