Baley v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Charles B. Wheeler,

Official Referee. This action is brought to recover on a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to one Fred E. Baley in 1921, by which the insurance company agreed to pay on the death of the insured $2,500, and, in the event of his death by accident, the further sum of $2,500.

These sums by the terms of the original policy were made payable to the insured’s brother, Samuel Baley, beneficiary. At the time of the issuance of the policy, Fred E. Baley was unmarried. However, about a year and a half before his death, Fred E. Baley married the plaintiff.

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