Pace v. New York Life Insurance

Tbe proofs were entirely documentary and there was no controversy as to the material facts. The questions at issue involved the construction of insurance contracts between insured and defendant, and the legal effect of the failure of the insured to pay the premiums on the policies since 26 August, 1921. The only exception noted by the plaintiff was to the ruling of the court and the instructions to the jury that the insurance was not in force and effect at the time of the death of the decedent, 4 January, 1940.

*453From the insurance policies, the applications for insurance, correspondence, and…