Wolen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Denis E. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the municipal court in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the amount of $1,500 and costs. The suit was brought to recover on two life insurance policies issued by the defendant company on the life of Ignatz Sarapinas, deceased. The case was tried before the court without a jury.

Plaintiff contends that on May 18, 1931, the defendant company issued its life insurance policy upon the life of Ignatz Sarapinas, promising to pay…