Kurgan v. Prudential Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.

Gregory Kurgan, a minor, by Antonina Wijas, his next friend, filed a complaint in chancery for the reformation of an insurance policy issued by defendant, the Prudential Insurance Company of America, on the life of his mother, Estelle Kurgan, who died February 14,1945, and to recover the face amount of the policy of $4,188. The insured’s husband, who was plaintiff’s father, was designated beneficiary in the policy, and was made a party defendant, but no order or judgment was sought or obtained against him, and he does not join in…