McNevin v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

This action is brought upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant upon the life of Hubert L. McNevin.! From the affidavits and statements upon the argument, it appears that the policy was issued when Hubert L. McNevin was single and his mother, Mary E. McNevin, was named as beneficiary. Upon' his marriage his wife, Anna McNevin, was designated as beneficiary. Thereafter the policy accidentally became mutilated. It was, forwarded to the defendant company together with an application for a loan. Instead of returning the original mutilated policy, a¡ duplicate policy was issued by the…