Union Cent. Life Ins. v. Skipper
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This case comes on a writ of error from the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Arkansas. The laws of that state provide (Sand. & H. Dig.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This case comes on a writ of error from the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Arkansas. The laws of that state provide (Sand. & H. Dig. Ark. § 4124) that all fire, life, and accident insurance companies doing business In the state shall annually give a bond to the state, with sureties to be approved by the auditor of the state, in the sum of $20,000, “conditioned for the prompt payment of all claims arising and accruing to any person during the term of said bond, by virtue of…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
The principal issue of fact which was litigated in the lower court was whether William F. Skipper was murdered or committed suicide; it being conceded that, by the terms of the policy, there could be no recovery if he died by his own hand. This issue of fact was submitted to the jury, who decided it adversely to the contention of the defendant company, finding that the deceased was murdered. In this court an elaborate brief has been filed with a view of showing that the case should have been withdrawn from the jury on the .ground, among others, that, when the evidence is fully considered, but…
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- Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Orient Insurance v. DaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Riddlesbarger v. Hartford InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- L. R., M. R. & T. Ry. v. ManeesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
- Walker v. PeaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1860
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- Mulky v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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