Thompson v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Winnebago county in the sum of $25,000 in favor of the plaintiff. The case was tried before a jury and at the conclusion of all of the evidence, the court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $25,000 and entered judgment upon the verdict.

The facts as alleged in plaintiff’s complaint, briefly summarized, in substance are as follows: First, that the plaintiff, Margaretha Thompson, was the beneficiary under two policies of insurance issued by the defendant, Fidelity and Casualty Company of…