Legrand v. Central States Life Insurance

This is an action by plaintiff as the beneficiary under a policy of insurance which was issued by defendant upon the life of her husband. Upon a trial of the case to a jury, a verdict was returned in plaintiff's favor for the aggregate amount of $7,087.50, comprising items of $5000 as the face amount of the policy; $1,087.50 as interest from the date of the insured's death to the date of trial; and $1000 as an attorney's fee which was allowed by way of a finding of vexatious refusal to pay. Judgment was rendered in conformity with the verdict, and defendant's appeal to this court has followed…