Milliken v. Haner & Equitable Life Insurance

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming on appeal and reversing on cross-appeal.

Henry E. Haner procured to be issued on bis life two policies, each for tbe sum of $1,000.00. One of them was issued by tbe Equitable Life Assurance Society of tbe United States and tbe other by tbe Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York. Tbe plaintiff and appellee, J. N. Haner, tbe father of tbe insured, was made tbe beneficiary in each of tbe policies, tbe first of which was issued in 1906 and tbe last one in 1909. About September 1, 1911, tbe insured, having become afflicted with tuberculosis,…