Rubinstein v. Jefferson National Life Insurance

The sole question we are called upon to decide here is whether the Superior Court for Baltimore City (Perrott, J.) erred in ruling as a matter of law that the insurer under a life insurance policy is not barred by waiver or estoppel from asserting a lapse of that policy due to nonpayment of the premium. The facts presented by appellant (plaintiff below) were uncontradicted and are not in dispute. At the close of her case, which was brought to recover the proceeds of the policy, the trial judge directed a verdict against her. From the judgment for costs entered upon that verdict, this appeal…