English v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Judson L. Thomson Manufacturing Company, hereinafter called the Thomson Company, the employer of Edward J. Gallagher, insured his life with the defendant under a so-called group policy in the sum of $1,000. The promise of the defendant was “upon receipt at its home office in the city of New York, of due proof of the death within one year from the date hereof, or within one year from the date of any renewal hereof, of any such employee while insured hereunder, to pay at such home office to the beneficiary as designated by the employee, the amount for which such employee is hereby insured . . .…