Bankers Health & Life Insurance v. Brown

Martha Brown brought an action against the Bankers Health and Life Insurance Company’, on a policy of life insurance issued by said company, to recover $200, the amount of insurance carried, $50 damages, and $50 attorneys’ fees. The jury returned a verdict against the defendant for $200 and $50 attorneys’ fees. The exception is to the judgment overruling the insurer’s motion for a new trial.

In its answer the defendant admitted the execution of the policy declared upon and the payment of all the premiums due thereon. The defendant pleaded that in replying to certain questions propounded to him…