Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Turlington

For convenience the plaintiff below will be called tile plaintiff here and the defendant below the defendant here.

This action was brought by S. James Turlington, administrator of Charles Devries Phillips, to recover on a certain life insurance policy dated October 1, 1918, wherein the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California agreed to pay, upon proof of the death of the *750insured, the sum of $2,000.00. The beneficiaries in it when issued were the insured’s wife, Carrie M. Phillips, and his two children, Garland D. and Catherine F. Phillips. Afterwards, in due course, the wife was…