Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Johnson

JANVIER, Judge.

Isaac Johnson died on July 31, 1935. He was insured in the sum of $1,000 in Prudential Insurance Company of America ; that company having issued to his employer, United Theaters, Inc., a “group policy” and to Johnson a participating certificate in the amount mentioned. In the certificate, .his wife, Sadie, was named beneficiary; but before the death of Johnson the insurer had received a card, purporting to have, been signed by him, requesting that his mother, Daffney Johnson, be substituted as beneficiary in place of his said wife, Sadie.

After his death, the insurer, faced with…