Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. Trammell

SIMPSON, Justice.

Petition for certiorari to review and revise the opinion and judgment of the Court of Appeals, which reversed the judgment of the circuit court in, first, refusing to give for the defendant the affirmative charge with hypothesis and, second, refusing to grant the motion for a new trial on the weight of the evidence.

Petitioner, Mrs. Trammell, is the beneficiary under a policy of life insurance issued by the respondent, Liberty National Life Insurance Company, insuring the life of her husband, John Edward Trammell. After insured’s death, which occurred within the contestable…