Insurance Co. v. Mowry
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the- Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Rhode Island. This was an action by Daniel 'A. Mowry, upon a. policy of insurance for the sum of $10,000, issued to him, for his sole benefit, by the-Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, — a corporation created by the laws of Maine, — upon the life of Nelson H. Mowry. The facts of the case and the instructions, to the jury are stated-in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the- Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Rhode Island. This was an action by Daniel 'A. Mowry, upon a. policy of insurance for the sum of $10,000, issued to him, for his sole benefit, by the-Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, — a corporation created by the laws of Maine, — upon the life of Nelson H. Mowry. The facts of the case and the instructions, to the jury are stated-in the opinion of the court. The concluding clause of the policy is as follows: “ But the same [the policy] shall not be. binding until countersigned and delivered by John Shepley, agent, at…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. J us tice Field
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action on a policy of insurance, issued by the' Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, a corporation created under the laws of Maine, upon the life of Nelson H. Mowry, for the sum of $10,000. The insurance was.'effected by a nephew of the insured, for his sole benefit. The nephew was at the time ■ a creditor of the insured to the extent of $6,000, and had agreed to embark with him in an enterprise requiring the. expenditure of considerable capital, and depending for its success upon the knowledge and skill of the insured in…
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