Woolford v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The Equitable Life Assurance Society, the appellant herein, issued a group insurance policy covering the lives of eligible employees of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, the employer of Harvey Wheeler, a holder under the master policy of an individual certificate wherein his mother, Mattie B. Woolf ord this plaintiff, was named beneficiary.

On November 17, 1937, Harvey Wheeler, who was then 25 years of age, voluntarily quit his employment due, according to the plaintiff’s contention, to physical disability and never worked thereafter. The writing called a…