McGrine v. Industrial Health, Accident & Life Insurance

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

These two cases were tried together and, as they involve precisely the same questions, they will be disposed of in one opinion. The suits were brought by Hattie McGine, widow of Emanuel McGine, in one case against the State Mutual Benefit Society and in the other against the Industrial Health, Accident and Life Insurance Company, to recover the face of industrial life -insurance policies'.- The defense in each case was that the policies were lapsed for non-payment of premiums and that, even if the policies were reinstated as claimed by the plaintiff, there was no…