Lane v. New York Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

The plaintiffs, Mamie M. Lane and Joe P. Lane, instituted two actions against the defendant, New York Life Insurance Company, in the Court of Common Pleas for Dillon County, for the reinstatement of two policies, Nos. 6926302 and 6926303, in the defendant company, issued upon the life of the plaintiff, Joe P. Lane, with Mamie M. Lane, his wife and co-plaintiff, named as the beneficiary in the policies, each policy- being for the sum of $3,000. The pleadings in the cases are practically the same, and, by agreement, the cases were…