Trevathan v. Mutual Life Insurance

On May 10, 1937, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, the defendant herein, issued a policy in the sum of $1000 on the life of Clarence E. Trevathan, the husband of the plaintiff, in which she was named as beneficiary. The policy was in the form of an annual dividend, ordinary life policy, providing for the payment of double indemnity in case of the death of the insured by accident. The insured died on April 15, 1939, from injuries received in a collision between a motorcycle driven by him and a truck. On notice of the insured’s death, the defendant paid to the plaintiff the sum of…