Peyton v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

The issue presented for determination on this appeal is a narrow one, and involves the construction of a group life insurance policy.

An action of assumpsit was instituted by plaintiff as named beneficiary against defendant to recover the amount for which plaintiff’s decedent’s life was insured under a group policy issued by defendant to the United States Steel Corporation, and by an individual certificate issued to John Peyton, plaintiff’s decedent, under the terms and conditions of the group policy.

A jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of the insurance…