Trotter v. Industrial Health, Accident & Life Insurance

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Pabkeb, J.,

Victor A. Trotter, on February 20, 1933, secured from the defendant a life insurance policy for $100 and died on August 4, 1933. An action in assumpsit was brought by David J. Phillips, assignee of the beneficiary, to recover the face of the policy. The defendant paid one-half of the policy and defended as to the balance, when the case was called for trial by a judge of the municipal court sitting without a jury. The policy provided: “This policy is in full immediate benefit unless the insured shall die of heart disease, consumption or nephritis within one year from the…