Emery v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America

MOFFAT, Justice.

Eva W. Emery, plaintiff and appellant, brought this action to recover as beneficiary under a policy of life insurance issued September 8, 1930, on the life of Walter W. Pettit. The insured was the son of the beneficiary. The policy was a twenty-year endowment in the sum of $1,000 payable to his mother in the event of the death of the insured.

A monthly premium of $4.22, payable in advance, was required to keep the insurance in force. The policy provided that “premium payments to be recognized by the company must be entered at the time of payment in the premium receipt book…