Sessa v. Trustees of Mortuary Fund of Local No. 1

The Amalgamated Lithographers of America, a union of which Daniel Sessa (the deceased) was a member, issued a death benefit certificate dated April 9, 1958 providing that upon his death and under certain conditions the union would pay out of its mortuary fund the sum of $1,000 to "Jean Louise Sessa * * * wife (subject to the right of the insured to change the beneficiary in accordance with the Constitution” of the union.

The facts are not in dispute. On September 26, 1953, the deceased married the plaintiff, Jean Sessa. Two children were born of that marriage. On September 6, 1969, the…