James v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allen, J.:

Plaintiff brought this action to recover as the beneficiary under a certificate issued to her deceased husband under a group life insurance policy. Plaintiff filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings and opening statements of counsel. The motion was sustained and judgment entered for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.

On February 20, 1926, the defendant issued a group policy insuring the lives of certain employees of Armour and Company. Frank James was one of the employees whose life was insured, and as evidence of that fact a certificate was…