Germania Life Insurance v. Lewin
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. This action was instituted by George E. Ross Lewin, as trustee, and The First National Bank of Denver, plaintiffs, against The Germania Life Insurance Company, of the city of New York, defendant, to recover upon a policy of insurance upon the life of Jacob Boehm for the sum of $30,000. This life insurance policy was procured by Boehm on the 23d day of October, 1891, the consideration being the payment of the sum of $1,644,…
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. This action was instituted by George E. Ross Lewin, as trustee, and The First National Bank of Denver, plaintiffs, against The Germania Life Insurance Company, of the city of New York, defendant, to recover upon a policy of insurance upon the life of Jacob Boehm for the sum of $30,000. This life insurance policy was procured by Boehm on the 23d day of October, 1891, the consideration being the payment of the sum of $1,644, and an agreement for a like payment annually thereafter for the period of twenty years, or during the life of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Chiee Justice IIayt
delivered the opinion of the court.
In reviewing the action of the district court hi directing a verdict and rendering judgment for plaintiff, we are not only to consider the evidence actually received, but, also, such competent evidence as was offered and rejected. In support of the issue as to the alleged suicide of the deceased, the defendant offered in evidence the duly certified verdict of the coroner’s jury. When this offer was first made, the trial judge seemed to have been of the opinion that such inquisitions were in no case admissible. After argument of counsel,…
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