Schneider v. United States Life Insurance

By the judgment the plaintiff has been permitted to recover' the amount for which a policy of insurance was issued by the defendant upon the life of her husband. She had no knowledge of the existence of this insurance prior to his decease. By the formal language of the policy, $6.47 for one-fourth of the annual premium would become due on the 17th of April, 1886, and notice of that fact was on the 15th of March, 1888, given to the plaintiff’s husband, pursuant to chapter 341 of the Laws of 1876. This notice was not brought to the knowledge or attention of the plaintiff, but before the 30 days…