Lenahan v. Leach

This is an action at law to secure the possession of a policy of life insurance in the amount of $1,000. Plaintiff claimed to be the beneficiary of the policy which was issued on the life of her mother. In the alternative, plaintiff seeks damages in the sum of $1,000. The case was tried to the court without a jury and defendant has appealed from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $1,000. Defendant was the plaintiff’s stepfather.

The plaintiff testified that several years prior to her mother’s death her mother told her that she had a $1,000 life insurance policy in which plaintiff was named…