Bennecke v. Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to-the Circuit Court- of the'United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This was an action of- assumpsit brought by Amelia Bennecke. to recover' of the- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company the sum of $2,000 upon a policy of life insurance.
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Error to-the Circuit Court- of the'United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This was an action of- assumpsit brought by Amelia Bennecke. to recover' of the- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company the sum of $2,000 upon a policy of life insurance. The parties having waived a jury, the issues, both of fact and law, were submitted to the court, which made a .special finding, from -which the following facts appear: — On Jan. 29,' 18-78,' Adolph Bennecke procured from ■ the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, through John Ansley, its agent at Bloomington, 111.,' a policy of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
It is not disputed by the plaintiff, that, upon the facts found, the poliey of insurance had been forfeited. It is not insisted .that the company by its agent formally waived the forfeiture, or issued any permit to Bennecke, from which such waiver could be inferred.
But the plaintiff contends that, after the forfeiture of the policy, Ansley, the agent of the company at Bloomington, having on October 17 received the sum usually charged for a permit to reside south of the' thirty-second parallel, between the 1st of July.and the 1st of November, and sent it on the same day to the agents of the…
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