Travis v. Nederland Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa: This was an action upon a policy of insurance of !?3,000 on the life of Edward M. Travis for the benefit of his wife, Olive M. Travis, the plaintiff in error, and the defense was that no conlrad of insurance was ever consummated.
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In Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa: This was an action upon a policy of insurance of !?3,000 on the life of Edward M. Travis for the benefit of his wife, Olive M. Travis, the plaintiff in error, and the defense was that no conlrad of insurance was ever consummated. There was a trial to a jury, and at the close of the evidence the court instructed them to return a verdict for the. defendant upon this state of facts: The Nederland Life Insurance Company, Limited, the defendant in error, was a foreign corporation engaged in the business of life…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
Propositions, negotiations, correspondence, conversations do not make a contract unless the minds of the parties meet upon (.he same, stipulations and they consent to comply with them. Until this has been done, either party has the right to withdraw or to modify his proposition, to make new conditions or proposals, or to retire abso*488lutely from tlie negotiations. The addition of a new term or condition to an earlier proposal before the latter has been accepted is the withdrawal of the earlier proposition, and the submission of a new proposal of which the new condition or term is a part. From…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. Young's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Piedmont, Etc. Life-Ins. Co. v. Ewing, Etc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. McElroyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
- Heiman v. Phœnix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
- Griffith v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Rushing v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Morris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
- Reynolds v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- MacKelvie v. Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co. of NewwarkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Mohrstadt v. Mutual Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
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