Cockcroft v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion by

Stadteeld, J.,

This is an action in assumpsit brought by plaintiff, the beneficiary named in four policies of life insurance issued by the defendant company upon the life of her husband, to recover the sum of $1,758 by reason of provisions contained therein granting double indemnity in the event of the insured’s accidental death.

The case was first tried before the late Judge Ckane, sitting without a jury, and resulted in a finding for plaintiff. From the judgment entered on this finding, defendant appealed to this court, which, in an opinion by Brother Rhodes, reversed the judgment…