Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Barfield

Dr. Joseph Rex Barfield filed suit in the municipal court of Atlanta, Fulton section, for $2500, besides interest, against the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, on a policy of insurance providing for monthly disability benefits. The defendant’s demurrer was overruled, and on this ruling and the exceptions pendente lite thereto the defendant assigns error. The jury rendered a verdict against the defendant for the full amount sued for. A motion for new trial was overruled, and the defendant excepted. The demurrer was on the ground that “the petition shows on its face that the municipal…