Adreveno v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
■ At Law. On motion to set aside verdict, and for new trial. Action by Giovanni B. 'Adreveno against the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association to recover on a policy of life insurance. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and the present motion is to set it aside. For opinion on admissibility ofevidence, see 34 Fed. Rep. 870. Foot v. Insurance Co., 61 FT. Y. 571; May, Ins. §§ 497, 502; Insurance Co. v. Stevenson, (Ky.) 8 Ins.
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■ At Law. On motion to set aside verdict, and for new trial. Action by Giovanni B. 'Adreveno against the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association to recover on a policy of life insurance. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and the present motion is to set it aside. For opinion on admissibility ofevidence, see 34 Fed. Rep. 870. Foot v. Insurance Co., 61 FT. Y. 571; May, Ins. §§ 497, 502; Insurance Co. v. Stevenson, (Ky.) 8 Ins. Law J. 922; Carr v. Railway Co., L.R. 10 O, P. 307; -Insurance Co. v. Raddin, 7 Sup. Ot. Rep. 500; Morrison v. Insurance Co., 59 Wis. 163, 18 K. W. Rep. 13; Schwarzbach v.…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
I have no doubt that the verdict in this case was against the weight of evidence, and ought to be set aside on that ground. The case has been held under advisement, however, to consider the further question whether under the evidence adduced at the trial the case ought to have gone to the jury. That question, in my opinion, must be answered in the negative. Adreveno made false representations as to his habits of life to secure the policy. That fact was confessed, and the policy for that reason was voidable at the election of the company. Information reached the company, after it delivered the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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