Umstattd v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

This suit, twice tried in tbe circuit court, was instituted by Mrs. Alice M. Umstattd to recover upon a policy of life insurance covering the life of her husband, J. W. Umstattd, and naming her as beneficiary. The first trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, which was affirmed by the Eastern Section this court and reversed by the Supreme Court. The suit was first dismissed as upon a directed verdict but upon the attention of the court being called to the fact that the defendant had assigned no error upon the action of this court in failing to sustain the motion for a-…