Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. Bryan

HARWOOD, Judge.

Suit below was by the plaintiff (appellee here) against defendant company (appellant here) on a life insurance policy issued by appellant on the life of James L. Bryan, the beneficiary of said policy (appellee), being the mother of the insured James L. Bryan.

The complaint contained three counts, the first count claiming $428 due on the policy, the second and third counts claiming an additional sum equal to the face of the policy because of insured’s death by accidental means. Count one was in code form, and its sufficiency was not contested.

In the proceedings below the…