Villier v. American National Insurance

An action in assumpsit was instituted in the city-court of East St. Louis by appellee against appellant to recover $2,500, the amount of an insurance policy alleged to have been applied for by one Charles E. Villier, now deceased, and in which policy appellee was named as beneficiary.

The declaration consisted of the common counts and one special count. The special count averred, among other things, that the said “Charles E. Villier applied for a policy of life insurance in the sum of $2,500.00: that he paid $5.00 on the premium at the time of the making of said application; that he designated…