Coffey v. Universal Life Ins.

Dyer, D. J.

This is a bill to compel the defendant company, which is a corporation of the state of New York, to issue to the complainant a paid-up policy of life insurance of the amount of $600; and the controversy between the parties arises upon the following state of facts:

On the twenty-third day of May, 1868, the complainant procured from the defendant company a policy of insurance on his own life, for the sum of $1,000, payable to Honora Coffey on the twenty-third day of May, 1883, or in ease of complainant’s death before that day, then within 30 days after notice and proof of death. The…