Griffith v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

On January 24, 1936, the respondent, upon the solicitation of Mr. Andrews, an agent of the appellant, signed an application for a policy of insurance on the life of her minor son, Ernest G. Griffith, and paid the agent the sum of .twenty-five cents, which was to be treated as a deposit and later applied in payment of the first weekly premium in the event the policy should be issued. She was given a receipt, acknowledging the payment o.f this premium deposit, which stipulated that if the application should be rejected the deposit…