Kentucky Life & Acc. Ins. v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Action by Charlotte A. Hamilton against the Kentucky Life & Accident Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge.
This was an action on a policy of insurance upon the life of Mrs. Sarah Ritter, the defendant in error being the beneficiary to whom the sum assured was to be paid on the death of Mrs. Ritter. A jury was waived by written stipulation entered of record, and the issue submitted to the court. The court found for the plaintiff, and rendered judgment for the full sum assessed, with interest. The errors assigned by the appellant are these:
“(1) The said court erred in construing that the charter of the defendant, the Kentucky Life & Accident Insurance Company, exhibited in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. TweedSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Norris v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Insurance Co. v. FolsomSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Martinton v. FairbanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Fort Scott v. HickmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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