Foster v. Preferred Accident Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
At Taw. On motion by defendant for judgment on reserved point notwithstanding the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
This is a suit upon a policy of accident insurance taken out in August, 1900, by Charles S. Partridge, whereby the defendant promised, inter alia, to pay $2,500 to “Mrs. Mary G. Foster, friend,” if the insured should die as the result of an accident. Upon this policy the insured paid nine quarterly premiums, and died from accident on September 8, 1902. The defense is the beneficiary’s want of insurable interest, and upon that point the undisputed facts are as follows:
The insured was an attorney at law, and resided in Florida, where Mrs. Foster also had her…
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