BLAKENEY v. UNITED INS. CO.

No. 1189.

87 A.2d 532 (1952)

BLAKENEY v. UNITED INS. CO., Inc.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Ginberg, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph Ginberg, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

William H. Clarke, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher and William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff (appellant here) sued as beneficiary under an insurance policy on the life of her husband, claiming $750.1 Without answering the complaint defendant filed a motion to dismiss which was later amended to become a motion for summary judgment under Municipal Court Civil Rule 56, which is identical in substance with Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. rule 56, 28 U.S.C.A. The basis of the motion was that the insured had died...

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