Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Ward
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE ' CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE . DISTRICT OE NEW ¿JERSEY. . This was an action on a policy of life insurance. There have been three trials of it by jury, in each of which there has been a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, for the full amount of the policy. The case was before the court at October term, 1887, Ætna Life Ins.
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ERROR TO THE ' CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE . DISTRICT OE NEW ¿JERSEY. . This was an action on a policy of life insurance. There have been three trials of it by jury, in each of which there has been a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, for the full amount of the policy. The case was before the court at October term, 1887, Ætna Life Ins. Co. v. Davey, 123 U. S. 739, where the judgment of the court below on the first verdict was reversed and a new trial ordered because of certain erroneous instructions' to the jury in the charge of the court. The proceedings in the court below in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The chief difficulty in the way óf a connected review of this case lies in the great number of errors assigned by the plaintiff. in error, embracing exceptions to the admission of evidence during the progress of the trial, and to the charge of the court, and also to refusals to charge as requested. They are sixty-six in number, covering ten pages of the printed record. They are, however, reduced by the brief of counsel to forty-five specifications grouped under twelve different headings. As we cannot discuss them singly, in the order in which they are presented, without being involved in an…
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