Life Ass'n of America v. Cravens
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bay Common Pleas. I. It is expressly stipulated in tlie notes sued on, that they are given to secure the payment of the premium on the policy ; and parol evidence that they were conditioned upon a loan of money to be obtained of the plaintiff, contradicted the notes, and such evidence was inadmissible.
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Appeal from Bay Common Pleas. I. It is expressly stipulated in tlie notes sued on, that they are given to secure the payment of the premium on the policy ; and parol evidence that they were conditioned upon a loan of money to be obtained of the plaintiff, contradicted the notes, and such evidence was inadmissible. (Singleton vs. Fore, 7 Mo., 515; Ashley vs. Bird, 1 Mo., 610; Lane vs. Price, 5 Mo., 101; Woodward vs. McGaugh, 8 Mo., 161; Jones vs. Jeffries, 17 Mo., 577; 8 Mo., 391; 21 Mo., 509 ; 1 Greenl. Ev., 9 ed., §§ 275, 281-2.)
1Opinion of the CourtHough, Judge
This was an action against the defendants, as makers of three promissory notes, given by them to the plaintiff, for the first annual premium on a policy of insurance, issued by the plaintiff, on the life of the defendant, John L. Cravens, for the benefit of his wife, Fannie S. Cravens, and their children.
The defendants admitted the contract of insurance, and the execution of the notes sued on,-but averred that said contract was made upon the express agreement that the plaintiff would loan to the defendant John L. Cravens, upon the insurance of his life and the execution of the notes as…
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