National Surety Co. v. Morlan

Morlan had judgment for $1,500 against the National Surety Company on a burglary insurance policy. The surety company seeks a reversal contending’, among other things, that the misconduct of plaintiff’s attorney constitutes reversible err’or.

An affidavit filed by the attorney for the surety company in support of its motion for a new trial charges that:

“Attorney for plaintiff, in making his final argument to the jury, sought to inflame the minds of the jury and to prejudice them against defendant by stating that defendant is a large insurance company having assets worth in excess of…