Chapman v. McIlwrath
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. Oil the 9th day of December, 1869, Michael L. McGuire, being then free from debt and contemplating marriage, took out a policy of insurance on his life, payable in twenty years, or sooner if he should sooner die, to himself, his executors, administrators or assigns.
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Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. Oil the 9th day of December, 1869, Michael L. McGuire, being then free from debt and contemplating marriage, took out a policy of insurance on his life, payable in twenty years, or sooner if he should sooner die, to himself, his executors, administrators or assigns. On the 20th day of February, 1870, he married and immediately thereafter delivered the policy to his wife, to be her exclusive property as she alleged. She retained the policy, and received and kept the receipts for premiums paid from time to time, until the death…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, J.
The pleadings in this case were as follows: The petition states that on the 20th day of July, 1871, one William W. Walden was appointed, qualified and gave bond as the guardian and curator of appellant, who was and continued to be a minor until the 1st day of September, 1874; that said Walden gave bond as such guardian and curator in the sum of $1,200, with the condition that said Walden would faithfully discharge his duties as such guardian and curator; that the sureties on said bond were one John D. Sherman and the said Michael L. McGuire, deceased; that on the 21st day of October, 1873,…
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