MATHEWS v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


89 So.2d 641 (1956)

Sally MATHEWS, a minor, by Gladys A. Fraser, her next friend, Petitioner, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Barfield, Jacksonville, for petitioner.

Howell & Kirby, Jacksonville, for respondent.


ROBERTS, Justice.

We here review, on certiorari, an order of a circuit court affirming a directed verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant insurance company entered in a suit on a life insurance policy filed by the plaintiff, the beneficiary thereunder, in a civil court of record.

There is no dispute as to the facts, and the sole point for determination here is whether the trial and appellate courts applied ...

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