Zeidel v. Connecticut General Life Ins.

McVICAR, District Judge.

This is an action on a life insurance policy by the beneficiary. The jury returned a verdict for the full amount of the plaintiff’s claim. The case is now before ns on defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff, at the trial, offered in evidence the policy of insurance, dated December If 1926, in the sum of $5,000; evidence of the payment of the premium thereon at the date of issue, and one year subsequent thereto; the death of the insured; proof of death to the defendant; and the refusal of the defendant to pay the insurance — this made out a prima facie case in…