Abrams v. . Insurance Co.

Civil action to recover of the defendant the proceeds of a life insurance policy, dated 27 January, 1926, issued on the life of Joe Ellis, for $1,000.00, payable upon death to plaintiff, John H. Abrams, his nephew, as beneficiary. The premiums are stipulated in the policy contract to be payable on each 27th day of January, May, August and November. The insured, Joe Ellis, was adjudicated non compos mentis on 14 April, 1938, and committed to the State Hospital for the Insane at Raleigh, N.C. where he resided until his death on 11 October, 1941. Defendant admitted knowing these facts prior to…