Hubbard v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

This is an action by plaintiff, the named beneficiary, to recover on three life insurance policies issued by the defendant-appellant on the life of plaintiff’s husband, Eugene W. Hubbard. The insured disappeared the latter part of May, 1936, and has not been heard from since that time. This action was commenced on the 18th day of December, 1944, eight years and seven months from date of disappearance.

The insured was an attorney at law, thirty-six years old, and for about seven years prior to November, 1935, had been in the employ of a law firm in Chicago. In the fall of 1935 Mr. Hubbard…