Federal Life Insurance v. Frazer

Appellee sued on a policy of insurance ' *567on her deceased husband’s life, and recovered a judgment for $2,180, being the face of the policy, with interest from the death of the insured. Appellant filed three affirmative paragraphs of answer, admitting its liability for $696.90, which it averred it had offered to pay, and also averred that it brought that sum into court for payment to appellee, as the total amount of its debt, besides setting up other facts, hereinafter stated, as a defense to any larger demand. A demurrer was sustained to each paragraph of affirmative answer, to which ruling…