Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Robbins

The appellant, an insurance corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, entered into two insurance contracts with Claude S. Robbins on the 11th day of December, 1933. In each contract the appellant (defendant below) agreed to pay the beneficiary, Bessie A. Robbins (plaintiff below and appellee herein), the sum of $600 and an additional $600 in event of death by accidental means. The said Claude S. Robbins died on the 6th day of December, 1938, and thereafter the appellant paid to appellee, Bessie A. Robbins, the ordinary death benefit but refused to pay the accidental…