McLaughlin v. Ætna Life Insurance

On July 7, 1900, the defendant company issued to Walter S. Fillius a policy of life insurance in the sum of $1,000, in which the plaintiff, his mother, was named as beneficiary. The insured was unmarried. His occupation was that of a sailor on the Great Lakes. His mother received a letter from him, dated July 5, 1904, written at Sault Ste. Marie and directed to her at her home in St. Ignace. After a time the plaintiff and her husband, who was a marine engineer, tried to locate him, but were unable to do so. It appeared that he had made two trips on the steamer Douglas Houghton after July 5th,…