Commonwealth Casualty Insurance v. Kuhrt

Action by defendant in error to recover upon an accident insurance policy for $5,000 alleged to be due under said policy on the death of the insured.

The complaint contained a cause of action on the policy, *177and another on an oral contract of insurance. Both sides moved for a directed verdict. The court sustained the motion of the plaintiff, and held that an oral contract had been established by the evidence, and directed a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $5,000. Such finding has the effect of a general verdict (Saxton v. Perry, 47 Colo. 263, 107 Pac. 281), and the only question to be…