David P. Eastman, Inc. v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Plaintiff, as beneficiary, instituted this action to recover on a life insurance policy. Defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant a recovery was sustained, the court expressing the view that, though within the period of grace the insured so requested, there was no evidence that the defendant consented to change the method of payment of the premium from an annual to a quarterly basis. The jury was discharged and judgment of dismissal was entered. The plaintiff appeals.

David P. Eastman was president of the appellant corporation and owned ninety-nine per cent of its…