Rushing v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New York
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; John C. Pollock, Judge.__ Action by G. M. Rushing and another, administrators of the estate of M. D. Sowell, deceased, against the Manhattan Rife Insurance Company of New York. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error to reverse a judgment in favor of the insurance company in an action on a policy upon the life of M. D. Sowell. The case was tried by a jury, and it is specified as error that the court, at the dose of the trial, directed a verdict for the insurance company upon the facts proved, on the ground that the company never made the alleged contract of insurance. Those facts were these:
On June 1, 1903, M. D. Sowell made a written application to the company for a policy of insurance on his life for $10,000, gave it to the local agent of the company,…
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