Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. Hedrick

Under review is a judgment in the sum of $3,000, entered on the verdict of a jury in favor of B. M. Hedrick against the appellant, in an action for deceit, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of a false representation of a material fact by an agent of the appellant relied upon as true by Hedrick.

We are asked to set aside the judgment as contrary to the law and the evidence, without evidence to support it, for errors of law in the granting and refusal of instructions and for the non-admission of a certain writing in evidence.

The material evidence is substantially…