Lawrence v. Griswold
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lapeer Circuit. * This was an action of assumpsit brought by Griswold against Lawrence in the Lapeer circuit, upon a note of which tbe following is a copy: “Marathon, Sept. 8, 1871. “ $130. Three months after date, for value received, and in consideration of a policy of insurance on the life of D. G-. Lawrence for the sum of two thousand dollars in the Hartford Life and Annuity Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., I promise to pay to the order of H. Gris-wold,…
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Error to Lapeer Circuit. * This was an action of assumpsit brought by Griswold against Lawrence in the Lapeer circuit, upon a note of which tbe following is a copy: “Marathon, Sept. 8, 1871. “ $130. Three months after date, for value received, and in consideration of a policy of insurance on the life of D. G-. Lawrence for the sum of two thousand dollars in the Hartford Life and Annuity Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., I promise to pay to the order of H. Gris-wold, superintendent of agencies, one hundred and twenty dollars, it being the balance due on the premium on said policy, and…
1Opinion of the CourtChristiancy, J.
It will not be necessary to notice all the errors assigned in this case.
The court erred in receiving the evidence of Griswold as to his custom, or that of the company, of not sending policies to the insured till the whole premium was paid, and this without any evidence, before or afterwards, that defendant was aware of any such custom, or that the contract was made or the note given by him with reference to it.
We do not think it necessary to consider the point upon which the plaintiff in error relied as one of the principal grounds of error: the exclusion of evidence to show that the note was…
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