METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. DUNNE


2 F.Supp. 165 (1931)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. DUNNE et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

June 16, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Grout and Paul Grout, both of New York City (Dean Potter, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Arthur E. Schwartz, of New York City (Arthur E. Schwartz, of New York City, and James M. Lynch, of counsel), for defendants Dunne.

A. D. Lent and A. W. Lent, both of Highland, N. Y. (A. W. Lent, of Highland, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant Wilcox.


PATTERSON, District Judge.

In 1918, the plaintiff issued two policies of life insurance on the life of one Johnson, each for the amount of $310. The policies were payable to Johnson's executor or administrator, but contained what is known in industrial insurance policies as a "facility of payment" clause, to the effect that the company might make payment to certain designated relatives or to persons appearing to be equitably entitled to payment by reason of having...

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