McAvoy Vitrified Brick Co. v. North American Life Assurance Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff company in the sum of $243,202.31, entered by the court below in an action of assumpsit based on an alleged contract of interim insurance on the life of Thomas B. McAvoy. The plaintiff company of which Mr. McAvoy was president was the designated beneficiary in his application to the defendant company for insurance. McAvoy submitted to the required physical examination and was approved by the defendant’s medical examiner for the insurance applied for. Following the medical examiner’s examination and…