Murphy v. Home Life Insurance Co. of America

Eagen, J., and Barthold, J., third judicial district, specially presiding,

This case comes before the court en banc upon defendant’s motions for judgment non obstante veredicto and new trial. An action in assumpsit was instituted against defendant, The Home Life Insurance Company of America, by plaintiff, Mary Murphy, the' named beneficiary in a policy of life insurance issued by defendant company upon the life of Joseph James Murphy, plaintiff’s husband. ' On November 22, 1926, defendant company issued a $1,000 20-year endowment policy to plaintiff’s husband. On February 24, 1940, plaintiff…