Handley v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Maud C. Handley, brought this action to recover the accidental death benefits provided: for in a life insurance policy upon the life of her deceased husband Ralph Handley. The plaintiff undertook to plead two causes- of action: First, that the defendant, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, had breached the double indemnity provisions of a life insurance policy; and second, that the defendant had breached a subsequent oral agreement under which it had promised to pay plaintiff the double indemnity benefits if plaintiff would consent to an autopsy…