Ga. Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Gammage

In the first two special grounds of the motion for new trial, it is contended that the court erred in submitting to the jury the question of the defendant’s bad faith in refusing to pay the plaintiff, because there was no evidence authorizing the jury to make such a finding. The evidence relied upon by the plaintiff to support her contention in this respect is that the defendant made two payments of between twenty and thirty dollars to Mr. Gammage during 1951, when he had an illness, and that the defendant knew Mr. Gammage had undergone brain surgery in 1949. The defendant refused payment on…