Chicago Life Insurance v. Needles
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
delivered the opinion of the court..
By an act of the General Assembly of Illinois, approved February 16, 1865, certain named persons were created a body politic~and corporate by the name of the Traveller’s Insurance Company, with authority to carry, on the business of insuring persons against the accidental loss of life or personal injury sustained while travelling by railways, steamers, and other modes of conveyance. Subsequently, by an act approved February 21, 1867, — the provisions of which were formally • accepted by the company — its name was changed to that of the Chicago Life…
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