Northwestern National Life Insurance v. Riggs
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ' MISSOURI. The facts are stated in the opinion.' Section 7890, Rev. Stat., Missouri, of 1899, as interpreted to the jury by the trial court, violates § 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Smiley v. Kansas, 196 U. S. 447, 454; M., K. & T. By. Co. v. Haber, 169 U. S. 613, 639; C., B. & Q. R. Co. v. Chicago, 166 U. S-. 226, 242, 246; Corporations are persons within the meaning of this amendment.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ' MISSOURI. The facts are stated in the opinion.' Section 7890, Rev. Stat., Missouri, of 1899, as interpreted to the jury by the trial court, violates § 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Smiley v. Kansas, 196 U. S. 447, 454; M., K. & T. By. Co. v. Haber, 169 U. S. 613, 639; C., B. & Q. R. Co. v. Chicago, 166 U. S-. 226, 242, 246; Corporations are persons within the meaning of this amendment. Smyth v. Ames, 169 Ü. S. 466, 522; Santa Clara Co. v. So. Pac. B. R. Co., 118 U. S. 394, 396; C. C. & Augusta R. R. Co. v. Gibbs,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This was an action upon two policies of insurance issued by the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company, a Minnesota corporation doing business in Missouri, upon the life of Eber B. Roloson; one dated November 21, 1901, the other May 14,1902; each for the sum of $5,000, payable to the estate of the insured within ninety days after the acceptance by the company of satisfactory evidence of his death while the policy was in full force.
Each policy contained these provisions: “This policy shall not be in force until the first premium is paid, and the policy delivered to and accepted by the…
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