National Mutual Casualty Co. v. Harmon

The plaintiff filed an action to recover $200, representing premiums alleged to be due on a contract of insurance, and the defendants filed an answer and cross-petition in which they sought judgment for $196.75. A verdict was returned by the jury for $200, the amount sued for by the plaintiff. Defendants filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and the court set aside the verdict and entered judgment for the defendants for $196.75.

By the pleadings there was presented a contested question of fact. The question was determined by the jury in favor of the plaintiff. No special…