Thompson v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
■Appeal from Jackson District Court. — Hon. L. J. Horan, Judge. Action on an insurance policy resulted in awarding tbe plaintiffs two-thirds of the indemnity stipulated therein and one-third thereof to the surviving widow of deceased. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
In 1863, Harriett B. Sanborn procured of defendant a policy insuring the life of her husband, Caleb M. Sanborn, for $1,000, payable to her if she outlived him, but in event she died first to “the heirs at law of said Caleb M. Sanborn.” Harriett died December 9, 1893, and on March 24, 1894, Caleb married Laura M. Sanborn. Caleb died November 7, 1911, and this action on the policy of insurance by the children and grandchildren of the deceased was begun March 15, 1912. The widow, Laura M. Sanborn, intervened, claiming as heir of deceased one-third of the indemnity stipulated. As Harriett died…
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