Dekle v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Dekle v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Opinion of the Court
When this case was previously before this court, a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, beneficiary suing upon a life-insurance policy, was reversed, upon the grounds that “the undisputed evidence demanded a finding that the policy had lapsed several months before the death of the insured, and had never been reinstated; and there was no evidence that the provisions of the policy in reference to the lapsing or the reinstatment of the policy had been waived by the insurer,” and therefore that “a verdict for the defendant should have been directed.” Although reference was made in the former decision to the plaintiff’s failure to plead such a waiver, the reversal was expressly planted upon the failure of the-evidence to show a waiver of forfeiture. The court, after referring to the absence of pleading as to waiver, used this language : “However, the judgment in the instant case [overruling
Judgment affirmed.
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