Barrett v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered December 30, 1974, in favor of plaintiff, in an action brought to recover the proceeds of a policy of life insurance allegedly issued to plaintiff’s deceased husband, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and a new trial directed, with $60 costs and disbursements to abide the event. Plaintiff, Barbara Barrett, brought this action as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of her husband, Joseph F. Barrett (hereinafter "Barrett”), to recover the sum of $20,000 from the defendant State Mutual Life Assurance Company. On…