Wicker v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

On December 1, 1924, the defendant insurance company issued a policy on the life of Edward Wicker in the sum of $530, and the same company issued another policy on the life of the same insured on April 6, 1925, for $510. The insured died on May 22, 1935, and plaintiff, as his widow and sole heir, has brought this suit to recover the amount of both policies, the sum of $1,040. Both policies are made payable to the executor or administrator of the insured.

The defense is that both policies lapsed on February 10, 1930, for nonpayment of premiums; that under the provisions of the laws of this…