Marie P. Johnson v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

JUERGENS, District Judge.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. This appeal followed.

Plaintiff, the beneficiary under a life insurance contract made between plaintiff’s husband and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, seeks a judgment in the amount of $12,000 plus interest. The defendant filed an answer partially admitting and partially denying the allegations of the complaint.

The facts, generally stated, are as follows:

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