Pasqua v. State National Life Insurance

HAMITER, Justice.

Anthony Pasqua and his four brothers— Sam, Blaise, Peter and Joseph — seek in this action to recover damages in the sum of $10,978.50 allegedly sustained by them as a result of the breach of a funeral service policy issued on October 15, 1939 by Wood-ruff’s Insurance Company and later assumed by the defendant, the State National Life Insurance Company, Inc. Additionally, plaintiffs ask judgment for $168.-25 under the terms of such contract.

The policy, a copy of which is attached to the petition, names Josephine Pasqua as the insured; it provides for a burial benefit of $500;…