Western & Southern Life Insurance v. Giltnane

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

On the third day of October, 1910, the appellant company issued a policy of life insurance for five hundred dollars upon the life of Mayme Giltnane, payable to her mother, Annie Giltnane, the appellee. In June, 1911, the insured died, and the company declining to pay to the beneficiary the amount of the policy, this suit was brought, and upon a trial before a jury the court directed a verdict against the company, and it prosecutes this appeal.

Two grounds for reversal are relied on: One is that the trial court, upon permitting an amended petition…