Griffin v. Travelers Ins.

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, a resident of the State of California, is the beneficiary under three insurance policies issued by the defendant-appellee [a Connecticut corporation] on the life of Roscoe W. Griffin, now deceased. The insurance company had declared the policies lapsed prior to the death of the insured, and defends the action to recover on the policies on that ground.

The policies with which we are here concerned are: No. 961783, in the amount of $25,000; No, 1659085, in the amount of $5,000; and No. 1659057, in the amount of $5,000. For convenience herein we shall…