Barringer v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This is a civil action to recover the face amount of a life insurance policy issued by the defendant upon the life of the plaintiff’s husband.

The case was tried to the Court without a jury, the only evidence being admissions contained in the pleadings and certain statements of fact made by the defendant’s counsel which, by agreement, were received as evidence.

The evidence is sufficient to support a finding that the insured is dead, and I so find. The defendant’s answer denies the allegation of the insured’s death but it admits that the defendant “tendered to the…