Union Trust Co. v. Kansas City Life Insurance

R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, as Trustee of the Trust Estate of Raymond Kent Tongue, Jr.,1 deceased, brought suit against the defendant in the Superior Court of Baltimore City for the commuted value of a policy issued by defendant on October 2, 1957 on the life of Tongue. The case was removed to this court, where it was tried to a jury. At the close of all the evidence, defendant filed a motion for a directed verdict, on which the court reserved decision (F.R.Civ.P. 50(b), 28 U.S.C.A.), although expressing a strong tentative reaction that the motion was meritorious. The jury…