New York Mutual Life Insurance v. Armstrong
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIROUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE NEW YORK. • Oh the 8th of December, 1877, the Mutual Life Insurance.Company of New York issued a policy of insurance on the .life of John M. Armstrong, .of Philadelphia, for $10,000. It was what is known as an endowment policy; that is, a.policy payable to . the assured ,if he live a designated time, - but tó' some other person named if he die before the expiration of that time. • It was payable,…
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ERROR TO THE CIROUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE NEW YORK. • Oh the 8th of December, 1877, the Mutual Life Insurance.Company of New York issued a policy of insurance on the .life of John M. Armstrong, .of Philadelphia, for $10,000. It was what is known as an endowment policy; that is, a.policy payable to . the assured ,if he live a designated time, - but tó' some other person named if he die before the expiration of that time. • It was payable, subject .to' certain conditions, 'to the.assured or his assigns on the 8th of December, 1897, at the-office of the company…
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice Field,
after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court. ■
From the charge of the court, and its opinion on the motion for a new trial; 20 Blátchford, 4931, it■ appears that the refusal to admit testimony of Hunter’s fraudulent purpose in procuring the policy, and his feloniously causing, whilst the sole1 owner of . it, the death of the assured, was founded upon the assumption that the insurance money, payable in case the death occurred before the expiration of the policy, went to the legal representatives of the assured, and was not assignable, and that…
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