Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. v. Stevens
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit. Court of tlie United States for the District of Nebraska. Actions by Jennie S. Stevens and Jennie S. Stevens as next friend of Maud Stevens, — one against the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the other against the Bankers’ Life Association of ' Minnesota. Judgments were rendered in favor of plaintiffs in each case, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBOBN, Circuit Judge.
The life of George D. Stevens was insured by each of the plaintiffs in error for the benefit of his wife and child, the defendants in error. The latter brought actions *259against the insurance companies for his death. In their complaints they alleged that Stevens was dead, and that they had given notice and made the proof of his death in July, 1893. The policies provided that the companies would pay the amounts insured GO days after notice and due proof of the death of the insured. The companies denied in their answers that the insured was dead, and denied that the…
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