Best v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The only question involved in this appeal is the construction of a group life insurance policy. The policy provides that “the insurance of any employee shall automatically cease upon the occurrence of any of the following (3) events” — one of which was “the cessation of premium payments on account of such employee’s insurance hereunder”. The last premium was paid for the insured on October 7, 1944, thus insuring her until *419November 30, 1944. No other premium payments were ever made thereafter by or on behalf of the insured. Because of this failure to pay any premium after…