Guthrie v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Sprouse, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon appeal by the plaintiff, Joyce B. Guthrie, from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, which affirmed a summary judgment granted by the Common Pleas Court of Kana-wha County in favor of the defendant, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

This action was instituted in the common pleas court by the plaintiff on May 16, 1970, alleging that the defendant insurance company wrongfully refused to pay her the face value of a $35,000 life insurance policy previously issued upon the life of Mahlon G. Guthrie, the plaintiff’s…