Knapp v. Independence Life and Accident Ins. Co.

HAYM0ND, PRESIDENT:

In this action of assumpsit, instituted in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County in July 1959, the plaintiff, Dennis R. Knapp, seeks a recovery from the defendant, Independence Life and Accident Insurance Company, a corporation, in the sum of $2,698.30 for necessary surgical, medical and hospital expenses incurred by the plaintiff in an effort to effect the cure of his wife who had contracted the disease of cancer. The plaintiff alleged in his declaration that the defendant owes him that amount under the terms and provisions of a policy of insurance which it issued to him on…