Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. French

This is a petition in error, prosecuted by the insurance company,to reverse a judgment rendered against it, on the verdict of a jury, in favor of the defendants in error, at a special term of this court, for $8,248.20. All the evidence adduced at the trial, the charge of the court* and the charges asked by the parties, are embodied in the bill of exceptions. The insurance company is a mutual one, incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, the act of incorporation, instructions to agents, and the appointment of the general agent here, with an enumeration of his powers and authority, were put…