Davis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

Louise Shealey Davis sued the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. She alleged that her husband was working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta at the time of his last residence and death, and had been so employed for about a year, and that the Federal Reserve Bank procured from the defendant a policy of group insurance for the benefit of its employees.

The material portions of the petition which allege the right of the plaintiff to maintain this suit are as follows: “(5) Your petitioner alleges that the said Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta had a certificate of the…