Madigan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The plaintiff sues as beneficiary under a group insurance policy taken out by James Madigan, a night watchman who worked for the Southern Pacific Company on its docks in New York city. The policy was issued to James Madigan on June 2, 1925. The application for insurance is likewise dated June 2, 1925, and his brother, Patrick Madigan, is named as beneficiary both in the policy and in the application. James Madigan could not write his name and the application for insurance was made out by Louis Barringer, who was timekeeper for the Southern Pacific Company and who had James Madigan put Ms…