Piersol v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Matchett

delivered the opinion of the court.

In an action in assumpsit upon an insurance policy issued by defendant upon the life of the father of plaintiffs, Ralph Gf. Piersol, issued as of July 22, 1907, for the sum of $1,000, in which plaintiffs were named beneficiaries, and upon trial by jury, a verdict was returned in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant in the sum of $1,194.05, on which the court overruling motions of defendant for a new trial and in arrest, entered judgment. Defendant seeks a reversal of that judgment. There was a motion by defendant for a…