Valant v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Plaintiff: (the assignee of his mother, Marcella Val-ant, the beneficiary named in a policy issued by defendant April 5, 1933, on the life of Kazimer Valant, the husband of Marcella and father of plaintiff), brought an action to recover the face of the policy, $2,500, with interest. The defense interposed was that the person who signed the application and submitted to a medical examination was not Kazimer Valant, named in the policy — that someone had impersonated him. There was a jury trial and a verdict in favor of defendant. Afterward the court entered judgment, notwithstanding the…