Nederland Life Insurance v. Meinert
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR • THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. Mrs. Meinert, the plaintiff below, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana her amended complaint, by leave of court, against the petitioner, the insurance company, to recover $5,000 on a certain policy of insurance for that sum on the fife of her deceased husband, William Meinert.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR • THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. Mrs. Meinert, the plaintiff below, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana her amended complaint, by leave of court, against the petitioner, the insurance company, to recover $5,000 on a certain policy of insurance for that sum on the fife of her deceased husband, William Meinert. She obtained judgment on the trial before a judge without a jury, which was affirmed in the Circuit Court of Appeals. . 127 Fed. Rep. 651. This court allowed a writ of certiorari to review that judgment and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beckham
The judgment in favor of the plaintiff below for the recovery ’ of the amount found due upon the policy in question is based on the above-mentioned facts, the courts holding that the policy was not forfeited but was in full force because of the alleged failure of the company to comply with the law of. New York in relation to giving the notice provided for therein. The provision in question is found in section 92, chapter 690, of the Laws of New York for 1892. The section is set forth in the margin. 1
The alleged failure to comply with the terms of the section consists in prefixing the words,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Phelan v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- McDougall v. Provident Savings Life Assurance SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Schad v. Security Mutual Life Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Cady v. Travelers InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1913
- Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. CostCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
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