Insurance Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern'District of Virginia. This was an action on a policy of life insurance issued by the New York Life Insurance Company, a New York corpora^ tion, before the war, upon the life of Sloman Davis, a citizen and resident of the State of Virginia. The policy contained the usual condition, to be void if the renewal premiums were not promptly paid. They were regularly paid until the beginning of the war.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern'District of Virginia. This was an action on a policy of life insurance issued by the New York Life Insurance Company, a New York corpora^ tion, before the war, upon the life of Sloman Davis, a citizen and resident of the State of Virginia. The policy contained the usual condition, to be void if the renewal premiums were not promptly paid. They were regularly paid until the beginning of the war. The last payment was made Dec. 28, 1860. The company, previous to the war, had an agent, A. B. Garland, residing in Petersburg, Va.,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
It is obvious that this case is nearly on all-fours with that of New York Life Insurance Co. v. Statham et al., 98 U. S. 24, decided by this court at- the last term. As we still adhere to the views there expressed, we do not deem it necessary to reiterate them. But the questions which received special discussion on. that occasion were., whether a failure to pay the stipulated premiums involved a forfeiture of the policy, although such failure was caused by the existence of the war; and what were the mutual rights of the parties consequent upon forfeiture under such cii-cumstances. .'The point…
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