Koenig v. Bishop

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

In October 1953 Edith Koenig, plaintiff-appellant herein, married Lyman E. Acre. Approximately a year prior to the marriage, Acre, as an employee, acquired a group life insurance policy which named himself as the insured and the defendant-respondent, a daughter, the issue of a previous marriage, as the beneficiary. From the time of the policy’s inception until Acre’s death in 1959, the premiums, amounting to about $4.00 a month, were paid partly by deductions from Acre’s wages and partly by contributions of his employer. Shortly after Acre’s death, respondent applied…