Mawn v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The action below was assumpsit in which the plaintiff sought, as administrator of the estate of Bridget Mawn, to recover $1,386.36, with interest from December 13, 1936, as the amount of the accidental death benefits due under ten policies of life insurance, issued by the defendant company upon the life of Bridget Mawn and payable to her estate. The policies were issued between August 18, 1919, and December 7, 1931. It is not controverted that the death of the insured occurred on December 13, 1936, while the policies were in force. The defendant company paid the face…