Lewis v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Plaintiff is the holder of a twenty-year payment plan life insurance policy issued by the defendant company to which is attached, as part thereof, a supplementary contract pro-, viding for the waiver of premiums and payment of a monthly income to the insured, under certain conditions. To secure the benefits stipulated in the supplementary contract, plaintiff paid 57 cents per annum. The pertinent portions of this contract, those having direct bearing upon the issues in this case, we quote:

“Metropolitan Life Insurance Company * * * hereby agrees that upon receipt ⅜ * * of due proof * ⅜ ⅜ that…