Commonwealth Casualty & Insurance Co. v. Bales

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by Mrs. Lola Mae Bales against Commonwealth Casualty and Insurance Company seeking to recover the principal sum of $1,000 and 12% penalty and $150 attorney’s fee upon a policy of insurance issued to her husband, Walter B. Bales, and in which plaintiff was named as beneficiary, on account of the death of the insured resulting from injuries received in an automobile accident. The defendant’s answer contains a plea in abatement, general demurrer, special exceptions, general and special denials, and special pleadings that defendant has at no time denied…