La Marche v. New York Life Ins. Co.

BRITT, C.

—Action for damages sustained by plaintiff because of fraud alleged to have been practiced on him by defendant, a life insurance company, through the instrumentality of one Eaton, its agent, whereby defendant obtained from plaintiff his negotiable promissory note for the sum óf four hundred and thirty dollars and fifty cents, ostensibly in payment of the first annual premium on a policy of insurance to be issued on his life, which note plaintiff was subsequently compelled to pay to a third person holding the same. At the trial defendant moved for judgment of nonsuit on the evidence…