Mayes v. Washington National Insurance

Upon the trial of the within cause in the court below, at the conclusion of the evidence of the plaintiff, Jennie Mayes, here plaintiff in error, the defendant, Washington National Insurance Company, moved for a directed verdict in its favor against the plaintiff and the same was directed by the trial judge. The plaintiff assigns error on the overruling of her motion for a new trial.

The admissions of the defendant in its answer and the brief of evidence on the trial, which evidence is uncontested at this stage of the proceedings, show the following facts: that on September 2, 1941, the…