Thompson v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Dissenting Opinion by

Montgomery, J.:

In these two actions in assumpsit the plaintiff-appellant, Lenora Thompson, sought to recover from the defendants-appellees, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and United States Steel Corporation, the sums of $2,000 and $1,000 respectively on two group insurance certificates issued by The Equita*341ble Life Assurance Society of the United States. The named insured on the certificates was appellant’s husband, Coster Thompson, who was an employee of United States Steel Corporation (or its predecessor, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation),…