Bernstein v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

This is a motion to dismiss the complaint, which contains two canses of action. The gist of the first cause of action is that the plaintiff and her deceased husband entered into an antenuptial agreement, by which the deceased, in consideration of the plaintiff's promise to marry him, agreed to procure a life insurance policy upon his life, of which the plaintiff should he and remain the sole beneficiary, to keep the same in effect during his lifetime, and to deliver the policy to the plaintiff as her sole property. The plaintiff married the deceased in reliance on this promise and after the…