Mellerup v. Travelers' Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk Superior Court. — Hon. H. Bank, Jr,., Judge. Action at law upon a contract of insurance. Trial by jury. At the close of the introduction of the evidence in behalf of the plaintiff, a motion to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the def endant was sustained. From a judgment on the verdict thus rendered, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
*3191 *318It appears from the pleadings in the case that in the year 188/7 H. C. Mellerup insured his life in the Travelers’ Insurance Company in the sum of one thousand dollars. The written policy by which the insurance was effectuated provided that the said sum was to be paid to the legal representative of the insured or his assignee, upon satisfactory proof of death. Mellerup died in June, 1891, and the plaintiff herein is administratrix of his estate, and seeks by this action to recover the amount of the policy. It is averred in the petition that the written policy is not in the possession or…
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