Kennedy v. Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. of Newark
District Court, D. Montana
At Law. Action by Mary A. Kennedy against, the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey. Judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
BOURQUIN, District Judge.
This is an action wherein plaintiff claims to be the beneficiary of insurance procured from defendant. The defense denies the insurance.
Trial by the court. It appears, and the court finds, that on January 11, 1906, at Butte, Mont., Harry A. Kennedy, whose life was then insured for $5,000 by defendant, applied to defendant’s local agent for additional insurance in amount $10,000; plaintiff the beneficiary. The application signed by Kennedy stated that, if the total face value of insurance carried in defendant amounted to $15,000, a microscopical examination of urine…
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