Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. McGowan

OWEN, J..

J. B. McGowan, administrator of Samuel English, instituted a suit before a Justice of the Peace in Shelby county to recover $250 and 25% thereon as penalty on two insurance policies issued by the defendant Insurance Company, each policy being for $125, said policies' being* known as Industrial Insurance.

There was a trial before the Justice of the Peace appealed to the circuit court when the cause was submitted to the court and jury, and at the conclusion of all the testimony there was a motion for directed verdict by defendant, which was overruled. Also a motion for directed verdict…