Leverich v. Mutual Life Insurance

PLATT, District Judge.

• The plaintiff, Leta Leverich, a citizen of Illinois and the beneficiary under a life insurance policy, brings this action to recover double indemnity. The policy was issued July 19, 1928, by the defendant, The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a corporation, and was in full force and effect at the time of the death of William Leverich on May 21, 1953. The Insurer has paid the single indemnity of $10,000. The policy provided:

“The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York

Will Pay

to the Insured’s wife Leta Leverich the Beneficiary, Ten Thousand Dollars, upon…