Mound City Mutual Life Insurance v. Huth
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. C. F. Moulton. This action was brought by Mrs. Julia Huth, the widow of Francis A. Huth, deceased, against the appellant, a corporation chartered under the laws of Missouri; was founded on a jDolicy of insurance for $3,000, which the deceased had effected on his own life, in favor of his widow, with said corporation; and was commenced on the 21st day of March, 1872. The policy was dated on the 1st June, 1870. Its…
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Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. C. F. Moulton. This action was brought by Mrs. Julia Huth, the widow of Francis A. Huth, deceased, against the appellant, a corporation chartered under the laws of Missouri; was founded on a jDolicy of insurance for $3,000, which the deceased had effected on his own life, in favor of his widow, with said corporation; and was commenced on the 21st day of March, 1872. The policy was dated on the 1st June, 1870. Its material stipulations, the construction of which is involved in the case, are copied at length in the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtB. E. Safeold, J.
— The appellee claimed of the appellant the full amount of a policy of insurance, issued by the latter in her favor, on the life of her husband, .Francis A. Huth. The questions at issue between the parties are embraced in the following statement. The policy contained this stipulation : “If the first annual premium shall have been fully paid to this company, and default shall be made in the payment of any premiums thereafter to become due and payable, then such default shall not work a forfeiture of this policy; but if it be surrendered within thirty days after the date of such default, this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Miller v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Golding v. Merchant & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1869
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