McCurrey v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

This is an action in assumpsit upon a life insurance policy issued by the defendant to the husband of the plaintiff, in which she is named as beneficiary. To the declaration, which consists of one count, in which the policy is set out in haec verba, the defendant pleaded the general issue. Upon the trial the plaintiff introduced the policy, proofs of death, payment of the premiums, and a stipulation to the effect that after the death of the deceased, the plaintiff went to the office of the defendant and demanded the’ amount due upon the policy, whereupon the defendant denied all liability…