Joseph v. New York Life Insurance

The New York Life Insurance Company issued two policies of insurance on March 1, 1913, on the life of Simon Joseph for the aggregate amount of $3000, payable to Dora Joseph, his wife, upon proof of his death during the continuance of the policies. He died on March 30, 1913, and the beneficiary brought an action on the policies on July 9, 1913, in which numerous pleadings were filed, and a judgment on the pleadings followed some six years later against the insurance company for $3861.67, the amount of the policies, with interest. The Appellate Court affirmed this judgment, and the record has…