Whiting v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

It is expressly provided in the policy of life insurance upon which this action is brought, that it “ shall not take effect until the advance premium hereon shall have been paid during the lifetime of the person whose life is hereby insured.”

It appeared at the trial, that, in February, Henry L. Fairfield, the plaintiff’s intestate, made application for insurance in the defendant company; and that, in the early part or May following, the policy in suit was left at Fairfield’s place of business, by an agent of the company, who by letter requested payment of the premium “ if the policy was…