Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Samis

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, on March 18th, 1935, issued an industrial whole life policy to Etha Samis, providing for the payment of $600, upon receipt of proof of death, to the executor or administrator of the insured, unless under the provisions of the policy the company might, prior to the death of the insured, make any payment or grant any nonforfeiture privilege therein provided to the insured, or any relative by blood or marriage of the insured, or to any person appearing to said company to be equitably entitled to the same. The conditions, privileges, and concessions to…