American Southern Life Insurance v. Hardy

BARNS, PAUL D., Associate Judge.

The appellant-defendant appealed from a final judgment entered against it pursuant to a directed verdict for the plaintiffs at the close of all the evidence. We find error and reverse.

The plaintiffs’ action at law is based on a life insurance contract issued by the appellant-defendant. On March 1, 1962, plaintiff, Estelle Hardy, purchased from the Faircloth Buick Company in Tampa, Florida, a Buick automobile. She made such purchase through a salesman of the car dealer, Ramon Fanguiaire. At the time of her purchase, her husband was a bedridden patient in the Bay…