Meilander v. Penn Mutl. L. Ins. Co.

In the trial court, the plaintiff, Anna E. Meilander, who is the appellant here, sued the defendant, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, appellee, to recover on a policy of insurance issued by it on the life of her husband, Leonard F. Meilander, in which policy she was named as the beneficiary. On trial to a jury, at the close of all of the evidence, both parties moved for a directed verdict. Plaintiff’s motion was overruled, that of the defendant granted,, and judgment was entered for it. From that judgment plaintiff appealed on questions of law.

The issue decided by the court was strictly a…