Hughes v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

In this action, the plaintiff, as alleged beneficiary, seeks to recover the sum of $1,000, the death benefit under an alleged policy of insurance, for which an advance payment of $2.15 was paid on December 14, 1936, at the time the application was signed by Thomas Hughes. The applicant died subsequently on January 5, 1937, and no policy was ever issued, although it is the plaintiff’s contention that the defendant’s agent, I. Israel, represented that about ten days after the alleged premium was paid, the application had been accepted at the defendant’s home office.

Testimony was taken at length…