Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Mitchell

Judgment was recovered by defendant in error on a life insurance policy, which judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court.

The errors assigned here, and relied upon to secure a reversal, consist altogether of the rulings of the court in the admission and rejection of evidence. Dr. Sprague was the medical examiner of the company. He testified for it that the deceased, Frank Mitchell, was examined, and identified his signature to a written statement made by him as such examiner. On cross-examination he was asked, in substance, if he made the examination, if the signature to the medical report…