Pearcy v. Michigan Mutual Life Insurance

The appellant’s complaint is based on a policy of insurance issued by the appellee on the life of John Pearcy, the husband of the appellant.

The appellant asks a new trial for the reason, among others,, that Ezra Bowman, one of the members of the jury, was incompetent, and because he was guilty of misconduct. In the affidavits filed by the appellant it is stated that each of the' jurors was asked “whether he or any of his family held any life insurance policy issued by the defendant,” and that each of the jurors answered that neither he nor any of his family held a policy. The affidavits filed…