Hassencamp v. Mutual Ben. Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The facts in this case are substantially as follows: The defendant in error is a corporation under the laws of New Jersey, doing a life insurance business in the state of Maryland.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The facts in this case are substantially as follows: The defendant in error is a corporation under the laws of New Jersey, doing a life insurance business in the state of Maryland. On the 33th of October, 3890, Alexander Hassencamp applied for a policy, and in consideration of the payment of the required premium the company issued to him on that day a life policy for the sum of $3,000, in which Juliet V. Hassencamp, his wife, the present plaintiff in error, was the beneficiary. Alexander Hassencamp died on the…
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error, in the brief and argument in this case, does not rely upon the exception based upon the objection interposed to the admissibility of the proofs of death as testimony, and the sole question presented here is that raised by the refusal of the court to give the instructions requested by the plaintiff in error, and giving instead the instructions requested by the defendant in error. The counsel for the plaintiff in error take the position that the main point in the case is the effect of the proofs of death furnished by the plaintiff in error, and it is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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