American Nat. Ins. Co. v. Smith

This is an action brought in the circuit court of Knox county on a policy of life insurance by Annie B. Smith, widow of Lawrence M. Smith, the insured, as beneficiary named in the policy — resulting in a verdict and judgment in her favor in the sum of $544.17, of which $500 is the amount named in the face of the policy, and the balance is interest thereon. The question presented upon this appeal in error is whether or not the trial judge should have sustained the motion of defendant, made at the close of all the evidence, for peremptory instructions in favor of the insurance company, upon the…