New York Life Insurance v. Jones

Appellee had judgment in the court below against appellant, in her suit brought in four counts against it. Each count — but all for the same cause of action — claimed a sum due her by appellant under the terms of an insurance policy issued by it to her.

As the learned nisi prius judge put it:

"Gentlemen, the plaintiff, Mrs. Jones, brings her suit to recover a certain sum of money against the defendant, the New York Life Insurance Company, which she insists that she is entitled to recover for and on account of certain terms and provisions contained in a life insurance policy issued by the…