Brand v. Monumental Life Insurance

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause comes to us on a petition to transfer from the Fourth District Court of Appeals. Appellant Dorothy Brand was plaintiff below. She was the wife of Bruce Brand, the insured, and brought the action for the $10,000 (ten thousand dollar) proceeds of a life insurance policy issued by appellee and defendant below, Monumental Life Insurance Company. Brand received an adverse judgment after a trial to the court and appealed that judgment, alleging that it was contrary to law and the evidence. It was Brand’s contention that Monumental should have been…