Northern Trust Co. v. Travelers Insurance Co. of Hartford

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

In 1895 defendant issued a life insurance policy to Lewis Blaylock, providing for the payment of “the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars twenty years after the payment of the first installment provided above, to the above named Beneficiary if then living, or in event of her death then to such Beneficiary as the Insured may during his lifetime or by his will nominate thereto, but failing such nomination, then to the legal representatives of the said Lewis Blaylock.”

Blaylock died in 1898 and by his will appointed his wife Matilda Blaylock, John E. Faunce, and The Northern…