Crandall v. Bankers Life Co.

— Plaintiff, Rose E. Crandall, the widow of Kenneth M. Crandall, was named beneficiary of an insurance policy in the amount of $10,000 issued by the defendant-company. The plaintiff brought an action to recoA^er on the policy, the defendant-company having denied liability. The case was tried to a jury which returned a A^erdict for the defendant. The plaintiff has appealed.

The defendant-company filed an answer in three divisions, the first of which constituted a general denial. The second pleaded an affirmative defense of fraud practiced on the defendant’s local medical examiner by Kenneth M.…