Ray v. Pilgrim Health & Life Insurance

Mr. Associate Justice Oxner

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:

Alma Ray, respondent, brought this action against Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company, appellant, to recover actual and punitive damages in the sum of $1,000.00, alleged to have been sustained by reason of the fraudulent conversion by appellant of the sum of $5.00 which respondent paid to appellant to be credited on the premium of a life insurance policy for which she had applied. At the conclusion of the testimony, appellant made a motion for a directed verdict which was refused by the trial Judge and the case…