Kamen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Defendant-appellant appeals from an order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and from the judgment entered thereon in an action on a life insurance policy. The policy is dated June 18, 1956. The insured was ¿he husband of the plaintiff and defendant undertook, upon the death of the insured, to pay to the plaintiff the principal sum of $10,000, together with monthly installments of $100 until June, 1976, when the additional principal sum of $10,000 was to be paid. The sum here sought is the commuted value of the sums payable, alleged to be $24,799.10.

The insured’s application for…