Apperson v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Depue, J.

The action in this case was on a policy of insurance issued to Apperson on his life. It had been assigned to one Knowles, for whose use the suit was prosecuted. The plaintiff called upon the defendants to admit the execution of the instrument of assignment under the provisions of the one hundred and fifty-sixth section of the Practice Act. The defendants refused to admit the execution of the paper, and a witness was brought from Kichmond, Virginia, for the purpose of making the necessary proof. Application is now made for the taxation and…