Self v. American National Insurance

Tlie widow of a deceased beneficiary of an insurance policy insuring the life of her deceased husband’s sister, sued the insurance company in tort for tlie recovery, as damages, of $8, premiums paid by the plaintiff, the $200 face amount of the policy, and $1200 as punitive damages. By amendment the $200 claim was stricken. The amended petition in effect alleged: that after the death of her husband, the beneficiary, plaintiff paid the premiums on the policy until the death of the insured; that “Mr. Smith, the agent of the defendant company, represented to your petitioner that, if the premiums…