Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Ritchey
Indiana Supreme Court
From Clarke Circuit Court; James W. Fortune, Judge. Action by Mary Ritchey against the Prudential Insurance Company of America. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1914, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
— Appellee recovered a judgment on a policy of insurance issued by appellant on the life of Robert B. Strepey. Under the conditions of the policy the benefits provided by the schedule were payable to the executors or administrators of the insured unless settlement should be made under article 2 of the conditions, which provides for facility payment. This article reads as follows:
“The company may make any payment provided for in this policy to any relative by blood or connection by marriage of the insured, or to any other person appearing to said company to be equitably *159entitled to the same by…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MooreIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
- Lewis v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Noble v. DavisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ParkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
- Hedekin Land & Improvement Co. v. CampbellIndiana Supreme Court · 1916
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