American Home Assurance Company v. Hughes

On April 26, 1966, Shirley M. Hughes, Administratrix of the Estate of James R. Hughes, plaintiff, filed a motion for judgment against American Home Assurance Company, defendant. She sought to recover a judgment in the sum of $12,128.38, the unpaid balance on a mortgage, allegedly due her decedent’s estate under “a group mortgage accident and health policy” issued by defendant. The defendant filed an answer in which it in effect denied liability and alleged, among other things, that the policy terminated on January 1, 1966, the date Hughes died. Prior to trial counsel stipulated:

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