Haydel v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. In this ease Mary S3. ITaydel, the plaintiff in error and the plaintiff below, sued the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association,’ the defendant in error, to recover the amount alleged to be due on two policies of Insurance issued by the defendant company on the life of her deceased husband, F. L. Haydel, one of which was executed August 1, 1884, in the sum of $10,000, and the other on…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. In this ease Mary S3. ITaydel, the plaintiff in error and the plaintiff below, sued the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association,’ the defendant in error, to recover the amount alleged to be due on two policies of Insurance issued by the defendant company on the life of her deceased husband, F. L. Haydel, one of which was executed August 1, 1884, in the sum of $10,000, and the other on September 15, 1884, in the sum of $5,000. Both policies were issued on what is termed the “assessment plan,” and remained in…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
It may be conceded at the outset that, if the assessment on the policies which was due on or before March 3, 1898, was unlawfully levied, the policies remained in force on March 6, 1898, when the plaintiff’s husband died; and, taking this proposition for granted, we shall proceed to consider whether the assessment in question was, for any reason, illegal. The first point to be determined is whether the issuance by the defendant company “of the five-year combination option policies,” so termed, rendered the assessment due on March 3, 1898, unlawful. The principal objection urged to the…
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