Stevenson v. Prudential Insurance of America

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy for $10,000 issued by defendant to her former husband, Joseph Husband, brought suit to recover the face of the policy less what had been borrowed against it. There was a trial before the court without a jury, a finding and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $7,438.30, the amount of her claim, and defendant appeals.

The record discloses that March 16, 1917, defendant issued its policy of insurance to Joseph Husband for $10,000; Ms wife, the plaintiff, who has subsequently…