Insurance Co. v. Harris
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. On the 9th of September, 1872, two actions were brought by the assignee of William H. Bruñe, against The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, on two policies issued by it in January of that year, in the name of said Bruñe, on the life of John S. Barry. Barry died in March, 1872. By consent, the actions were consolidated and tried together.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. On the 9th of September, 1872, two actions were brought by the assignee of William H. Bruñe, against The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, on two policies issued by it in January of that year, in the name of said Bruñe, on the life of John S. Barry. Barry died in March, 1872. By consent, the actions were consolidated and tried together. The defendant pleaded the general issue; and the parties agreed that either of them might offer in evidence any matter that would be admissible if it had been specially…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
The first assignment of error is that the Circuit Court refused to allow the matter of the decree of interpleader in the New York case, which is mentioned at the end of the first bill of exceptions, to be set up in any manner, either by way of plea or in evidence. To understand this assignment, it is necessary to observe carefully what the New York case was. It was a bill filed on the 4th of April, 1872, in the Supreme Court of New York, wherein Rosalie C. Barry was complainant, and The Mutual Life Insurance Company, together with William H. Bruñe and Horatio L. Whitridge, were defendants.…
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