Prudential Insurance v. Brock
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment .of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia in an action on insurance policies.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment .of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia in an action on insurance policies. Tlie Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This appeal is from a judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia in favor of appellee, Mary E. Brock, executrix of the estate of Margaret Brown, deceased, plaintiff below, and against the Prudential Insurance Company of America, for the amount due on two insurance policies of the “industrial” class insuring the life of one Margaret Brown. One of the policies, for the sum of $168, dated…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
Briefly, the charge of fraud is based upon the fact that after the insured came to Washington she wrote defendant company at Pittsburg, requesting that plaintiff be designated as the beneficiary in the policies. After some correspondence and investigation by the company this request was refused. The ground of refusal stated in a letter to the attorney of the insured, under date of April 27, 1914, was that the company did not name beneficiaries in the class of policies to which the ones in question belonged, and that it could not guarantee in advance to whom payment should ultimately be made.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Thomas v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. O'FarrellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938