Price v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

This action was tiled before a justice of the peace to recover on an industrial policy of insurance, and was defended upon the ground that the insured was suffering from diabetes at the time of the issuance of the policy, which disease contributed to her death.

Plaintiff obtained judgment against defendant in the justice court, and upon trial de novo on appeal in the circuit court a verdict resulted for plaintiff for the face of the policy with interest and attorney’s fees. Defendant in due course appeals.

The amended petition upon which the ease was tried was conventional, alleging that the…