Goodwin v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ceclar Rapids Superior Court. — Hon. T. M. Giberson, Judge: Action at law, upon a policy of insurance, issued by the defendant company,' upon the life of Matthew Goodwin. Trial to a jury. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 *2312 *229On the sixteenth day of November, 1887, the defendant, a corporation, doing a life insurance business, organized, and having its principal place in the state of New York, issued a policy of insurance to the plaintiff, upon the life of her husband, Matthew Goodwin, agreeing to pay her, in the event of the death of the assured, on, or before noon, of the sixteenth day of February, 1888, the sum of five thousand dollars. The policy was issued on what is known as the “renewable term plan,” a method of insurance originated by the president of the defendant company, and first used in the year…
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