Opinion
Gen. No. 41,703. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed June 19, 1942
INSURANCE, § 389 — payment and discharge of liability on duplicate certificate. Where the insured in a certificate of insurance issued under a group policy named his then wife as beneficiary and after his divorce from her he applied to the company for a duplicate policy which was issued with another named as beneficiary therein, its issuance resulted in the extinguishment of the original certificate and the change of beneficiary.
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Appeal from Circuit Court of Cook county; Hon. ROBERT J. DUNNE, presiding.
Reversed and remanded with directions. Heard in second division, first district, this court at April term, 1941.
Harold C. Osborn and Bernard W. Vinissky, for appellant;
Estelle M. Wells, for appellee Jane M. Bell;
Hoyne, O'Connor Rubinkam, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company;
Nathaniel Rubinkam and Leonard S. Schmitz, of counsel.
"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed June 19, 1942.