Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — DIES AS COURT AWARDS VERDICT [ARTICLE]

DIES AS COURT AWARDS VERDICT

ndianapolis Man Succumbs at Exact Minute Jury Signs Award Indianapolis, Ind. —At the exact ninute a jury in Superior Court was signing a verdict for $22,000 in favor of the Redwine Brewster Agency, of which John B. Redwine was- the found r and one of the principle stockhold■rs, Redwine died at the Indiana iome Hospital in ignorance of the mount of the verdict. ~ Because of his worry, however, ovr the outcome of the suit, and the fact that Judge Moll, court officials, attorneys and jury had spent several days in his room at the hospital hearing his testimony, he believed that a verdict had been returned in favor of bis company about a week ago. Redwine had been ill for more than a year. His condition was such that he could not leave his bed, and as his testimony was very important the jury went to him. When he became too weak to continue his testimony the jury would take a recess until he rested. The case was against the Hartford Life Insurance Company and the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, which now handles the Indiana business of the Hartford. The RedwineBrewster Agency represented the Hartford from 1900 to 1909, when its contract was cancelled by the company. The company charged the contract was worth about $40,000 to $50,000, and sued for that amount. Because of Red'wine’s illness the case was continued from time to time.