Ester v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Robert Alexander, 23 years of age and unmarried, was in the employ of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, with $2,000 life insurance under a group policy of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, with "Rita Alexander, wife" of said employee, designated by him as beneficiary, and received a certificate of participation to such effect, issued in October, 1936.

There was no such person as Rita Alexander, wife of the insured, but there was a Rita Sutherland with whom Robert contemplated marriage, but this was not consummated and in May, 1937, he married Eileen Zurn.

July 5, 1937, Robert…