Crump v. Southern-Dixie Life Insurance

There was error in the refusal of the trial court to allow the motion of the defendant, at the close of all the evidence, for judgment as of nonsuit. All the evidence at the trial shows that the policy sued on was a wagering contract between the plaintiff and the defendant, and for that reason void. The plaintiff had no insurable interest in the life of the insured, Ellen Wilson. Conceding that her testimony was competent as evidence tending to show that Ellen Wilson was the illegitimate daughter of plaintiff’s father, and, therefore, the natural half-sister of the plaintiff, this…