Williams v. New York Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore Oitv Court (Stump, J.). The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued before Briscoe, J., who presided, and Burke, Thomas, Urner, Stockbbidge and Constable, JJ.
1Opinion of the CourtStockbridge, J.
In 1892 the appellant, then twenty-six years of age, made an application to the New York Life Insurance Company, through Howland & Howard, general agents in the City of Baltimore, for insurance upon his life. The application was upon a blank form of the company, and in reply to the questions contained in it, the applicant designated the amount and character of insurance desired. The policy asked for was to be for $10,000 — of the description known as “Life, 20 premium”. It further provided that it should be an “accumulation policy”, and the applicant stated “I select the 20-year “accumulation…
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