Excerpt from The Law of Life Insurance in Re Beneficiary and Assignment, 1903 Even when not one of the contracting parties, the beneficiary may bring an action against the insurer on the contract Payment by the insurer to a person not entitled to the proceeds, does not prevent the beneficiary from bringing an action against the insurer for the amount of the claim (52 N. E., but the beneficiary has no cause of action against the parties to whom the insurer paid the amount, as they have not assumed to act for him or to take the money for his use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.