Kathryn S. Wright v. Pilot Life Insurance Company, Inc.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit by the widow of Clinton Wright to recover money due under a contract or “binder” of life insurance allegedly in effect at his death. The district judge, after holding a pre-trial conference, but without there having been a trial, entered an order dismissing the plaintiff Kathryn S. Wright’s claim with prejudice. Subsequently, the court reopened the case and granted leave to Mrs. Wright to “proceed to take * * * further evidence.” Her motion (pointing out there had been no trial) to present such evidence to a jury was overruled. 1 Thereafter, the court…