O'Rourke v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, the beneficiary named in a life insurance policy issued by defendant on the life of her husband, brought suit to recover $650 which she claimed under the terms of the policy for instalments due up to the time of the beginning of the suit. The case was tried before the court without a jury, there was a finding and judgment in defendant’s favor and plaintiff appeals.

The policy is dated March 29, 1924. William J. O’Rourke, plaintiff’s husband, was the insured. It provided that “upon receipt of due proof of the death of…