Craig v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

This is an appeal by the defendant from the determination of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant in the Municipal Court. Mr. Justice Callahan dissented from the conclusion reached by his associates, on the ground that plaintiff failed to establish any right to recover on the policy in an action at law. We think his views are well founded.

The facts are comparatively simple. On or about July 1, 1934, the defendant issued its policy of insurance in the sum of $500 on the life of one Lillian Craig. The policy by its terms…