Crittenden v. Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun. Bill to establish complainant’s title to an insurance policy and to enjoin the company from paying it to its joint defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This case comes before the court by appeal from a decree dismissing complainant’s bill.
The main facts are as follows: September 6th, 1870, complainant procured of the defendant corporation a policy in his favor for $2,000 on the life of his son, Charles H. Crittenden, who was then about fourteen years of age. The business was transacted through Mr. Bull, the agent of the company at Albion.
The complainant being a man of small fortune and not able to make much outlay from his own means, but perceiving that. his son was capable, industrious and faithful, and desiring to give him aid and…
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