Lynch v. National Life and Accident Insurance Co.

MATTHES, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant from an adverse-judgment rendered by the trial court, a jury having been waived by the parties, in an action on a policy of insurance issued by the defendant-respondent.

The suit was instituted in- the magistrate court, no pleading was filed by defendant to plaintiff’s petition, and that court rendered a judgment in favor of plaintiff for tiie total sum' of $900, $750 being the amount plaintiff claimed under the policy and $150 thereof being attorney’s fee. From the judgment so rendered an appeal was taken to the circuit court, where the…