Heidenreich v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

This appeal involves the liability of the defendant, appellee, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, on a life insurance policy.

William C. Heidenreich signed an application on August 20, 1953, and on September 1, 1953, purchased from the defendant a mortgage term insurance policy insuring his life and naming the plaintiff, appellant, Audrey L. Heidenreich, as beneficiary. The principal amount payable under the policy decreased from year to year in proportion to the balance due on the mortgage debt against the Heidenreichs’ home. The insured died on October 15, 1954, during the second…