Wells v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

This is a suit at law by the widow of an employee of the Union Pacific Railroad Company upon a group insurance policy issued by the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The jury returned a verdict for $1,660.97, being one year’s wages of deceased. The insurance company appeals.

Samuel F. Wells, aged 47 years, was a steamfitter, and worked for many years for the Union Pacific Railroad Company at Omaha. A group insurance policy was secured and held by the railroad company upon all its employees, and a simple certificate based thereon was issued to each employee.

Mr. Wells gradually developed a…