Downing v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Hayes

delivered the opinion of the court.

T. Mac Downing, guardian of Virginia Lee Zimmerli, a minor, brought suit on behalf of his ward in the circuit court of McDonough county, against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to recover the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars upon a policy of life insurance issued by defendant on the life of his ward’s father, in which his ward was designated beneficiary. The face amount of the policy was one thousand dollars ($1,000) for which amount the defendant admits liability. Defendant tendered this amount prior to trial, and the…