Hartford Life Insurance v. Sherman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kendall county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Appellant, the Hartford Life Insurance Company, being indebted to appellees, Nicholas J. Sherman and Mary A. Sherman, his wife, in the sum of $4000 upon a policy of insurance upon the life of their deceased son, Ray Sherman, sent by mail to its agent, Peter Becker, at Somonauk, who solicited and obtained the insurance, two checks for $2000 each, payable, one of them, to the order of Mary A. Sherman and the other to the order of Nicholas J. Sherman, and two receipts for $2000 each, to be signed by them, respectively. By the letter the agent was advised that the receipts must be signed and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Linblom v. RamseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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