Insurance Co. v. Wolff
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the. Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The Globe Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, on the 5th of. November, 1869, issued to Eliza Garber a policy of insurance for $5,000 upon the life of her husband, commencing on the 1st of that month. The premium was payable annually oh the 1st of November.
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Error to the. Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The Globe Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, on the 5th of. November, 1869, issued to Eliza Garber a policy of insurance for $5,000 upon the life of her husband, commencing on the 1st of that month. The premium was payable annually oh the 1st of November. The policy stipulated for. the payment of the amount of the insurance within sixty days after due notice and proof of the death of the insured, subject, how ever, to certain express conditions. One of these conditions provided^ that, if the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
By the residence of the insured within the prohibited district of country during the period designated in the policy without the previous consent of the company, and the failure of the assured to pay the annual premium when it became due, the policy, by its express terms, was forfeited, and the company released from liability, unless the forfeiture was waived by the action of the company, or of its agents authorized to represent it in that respect.
The waiver of the forfeiture for the non-payment of the premium due on the 1st of November, 1872, is alleged on the ground that the premium was…
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