Range v. Mutual Life Insurance

Appellants’ assignments of error, one, two, and four, do not comply with the Rule of this court, No. 30, but we will briefly notice such alleged errors in the course of this opinion. The only error properly assigned is No. 3, and involves the question of the admission of the testimony of a witness, alleged to be incompetent, under section 11257 of the Code.

The facts are not in dispute, but a brief statement thereof will be necessary to an understanding of our ruling on the questions presented.

The defendant is a life insurance company with its principal place of business in the state of New…