Branson v. National Life & Accident Ins.

This suit was instituted in a Justice of the Peace court by the plaintiff in error to recover upon two industrial insurance policies issued by the defendant in error on the life of the wife of plaintiff in error, the two policies amounting to about $280. The warrant contained a second count seeking a recovery for the twenty-five per cent penalty provided by statute.

■ The Justice of the Peace rendered judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant appealed to the circuit court of Gibson county, Tennessee, a jury was asked for, and the case was tried at the August term of the circuit court, 1926.

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