Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Clements
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. This was an action brought by Alice- L. "Wall, a citizen of Missouri and widow of Samuel E. Wall, and prosecuted by Benjamin F. Pettus, her administrator, against the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, a corporation of New York and doing business in Missouri, on a policy of insurance executed by the defendant at its office in the city of New York on December 23, 1880,…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. This was an action brought by Alice- L. "Wall, a citizen of Missouri and widow of Samuel E. Wall, and prosecuted by Benjamin F. Pettus, her administrator, against the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, a corporation of New York and doing business in Missouri, on a policy of insurance executed by the defendant at its office in the city of New York on December 23, 1880, upon the life of Samuel E. Wall, by which, in consideration of the payment of $136.25. by him, and of the payment of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Gray,
after stating the case as above, delivered' the opinion of the court.
Upon the question whether the contract sued on was made in New York or in Missouri, there is nothing in the record, except the policy and application, the petition and answer, by which the facts appear to have been as follows : The assured was a resident of Missouri, and the application for the policy was signed in Missouri. The policy, executed at the defendant’s office in New York, provides that “ the contract between the parties hereto is completely set' forth in this policy and the application therefor,…
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