Courtney v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

This is an action of contract brought by the wife of Thomas Frank Courtney to recover moneys paid by her as premiums on three policies of insurance issued by the defendant upon the life of her husband. Two of the policies were dated June 19, 1922, and the third was dated March 31, 1924. The premiums paid, aggregating 50c. a week, covered the period from November 21, 1927, to May 23, 1932. The policies were all of the same kind, each being styled a “Twenty-year Payment Life Policy,” the amounts of insurance being respectively $124, $186, and $290. No beneficiary was named, each policy…