SMITH v. PACIFIC MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 11313.

192 F.2d 248 (1951)

SMITH v. PACIFIC MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Maxwell Brown, Lawrence S. Grauman, Louisville, Ky., C. Maxwell Brown, Lawrence S. Grauman, Louisville, Ky., on brief for appellant.

Thomas W. Bullitt, Louisville, Ky., Wm. Marshall Bullitt, R. Lee Blackwell, and Thomas W. Bullitt, all of Louisville, Ky., on brief; Bullitt, Dawson & Tarrant, Louisville, Ky., of counsel for appellee.

Before HICKS, Chief Judge, and SIMONS and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


MILLER, Circuit Judge.

In an action on a life insurance policy filed by the appellant, Josephine Spalding Smith, the District Judge directed a verdict for the defendant-appellee, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, upon which judgment was entered. This appeal followed.

On May 19, 1943, appellee issued to John B. Smith, the insured, its policy of life insurance in the total face amount of $7,272.00. His wife, the appellant, was named the beneficiary. The...

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