People v. American Life Insurance

The State’s attorney of Massac county brought an action of debt in the circuit court of that county in the name of the People, against appellant, for the recovery of a statutory penalty for the violation of paragraph 27 of chapter 73 of our statutes, (Hurd’s Stat. 1913, p. 1388,) and recovered a judgment for the sum of $750 and costs, the cause having been by agreement tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. An amended declaration was filed containing two counts, substantially similar, charging appellant with issuing its policy of life insurance to one Winfield Scott Dixon for…